Part 4) Unarmed Victim Archive of Law Enforcement Murders 751-1,000

Currently, there is no national database documenting the murders of un-armed people by police, security guards or self-appointed vigilantes. Although not all victims found here were weaponless, the fatal murdering of the unarmed: whether they are of ethnic origin, disabled, mentally ill, homeless or their sexual orientation, by Police Departments across the country is unjustified, and the vast majority of officers involved are not being held accountable.

I believe ALL those listed below regardless of whether they were in the process of perpetrating a crime, in a gang, drug possession, incarceration, resisting arrest, alluding, a weapon thrown aside, mentally ill or just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, they are all victims. Victims who loved and were loved. This memorial is dedicated to all the Mothers and Fathers, Sons and Daughters, Husbands and Wife’s, Grandparents, Sisters and Brothers, Nieces and Nephews, Girlfriends, Boyfriends, Lovers, Friends and Neighbors who have lost someone at the hands of law enforcement. For all the heartbreak, shed tears, unanswered questions, lies and grief for a life unfulfilled, to you I give honor, for “there but for the grace of God go I”. May you find peace in knowing their bloodshed will not go unnoticed nor will their life be forgotten.

As we remember victims of violence let us remember the sadness of loss. May that sadness be transformed into compassion for the victim and their loved ones. May the fear struck in us by the power of tragedy give way to reverence at the unending power of unconditional love. May we uncover the energy of our anger and use it to right what is wrong in our own behavior toward one another and to challenge the mindsets and systems which enable and promote violence. May love gently wipe the tears from our eyes and remove the fear from our hearts. Look with favor upon the families and friends who mourn the victims and comfort those who are in grief and despair, that peace, the fruit of justice and charity may reign for each of us gathered here today. For all victims of crime, abuse, harassment and all who commit acts of violence; from those who speak harsh words in anger, to those who hate others who are different from themselves, to those who take the life of another, may we learn to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly.

My definition of Unarmed
Please keep in mind I am only able to research and write bio’s on 5-7 victims per day. Each bio is verified through multiple sources, photos are retrieved, copied, cropped. Each bio is written and condensed close as possible to a single paragraph, many have links to READ MORE. Each name, age, state and ethnicity are entered into 3 data bases and then, after all pertinent information has been gathered I individually post to the website. Therefore each bio takes anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes to complete.

It is at my discretion as to what I consider as being unarmed. If the person has a weapon but is unable to use it because it’s under a seat, knocked to the side, fallen to the ground, in someone else’s possession etc. I consider that person unarmed. If someone is shot in the back, I consider that person unarmed. If there appears to be questionable circumstances surrounding the death, I consider that person unarmed. If the person is mentally ill and can be contained without using deadly force, I consider that person unarmed. Even if the person is a felon and has a violent criminal history, yet fits into any of the above categories, that person is still considered unarmed. If someone is in the commission of a crime, yet fits into any of the above categories, that person is still considered unarmed. If ANYONE can be contained without using deadly force, I consider that person unarmed.

There is no reason, in my opinion to shoot someone when police manage to apprehend and incarcerate extraordinarily dangerous serial killers/ mass murderers/spree killers and vigilantes yet cannot manage the capture of citizens of ethnic lineage without executing them.

However, if someone is shooting, holding a weapon or hurting someone (including an officer) and there is absolutely no other way to control them, I consider that person armed. Mind you, I credit witness statements far above police reports.

I DO NOT believe Law Enforcement reports. Lies the police tell that are so familiar anyone can recite them: “Reached for waist band”; “Pointed hand at police in a threatening manner.” “Backed the car toward officers” “Lunged at me” “Had a black object in hand” “Tried to grab gun” “Officers of the Un-Peace” or “Un-Peace Officers” Campaigns were formed against the “Blue Code” supposedly making it more visible to the public eye have taken place but all they seem to be doing is allowing the police to police the police and the police. Police are liars, period. So please don’t think I would even consider relying on their statements. The code of Blue Silence is too real to be ignored, and has been proven over and over again to be the real badge of the law.

As for Grand Juries they’ve been bought and paid for in more cases than can be counted. There is something fundamentally unfair about a grand jury system which doesn’t reflect the racial, political and ethnic diversity of the community it serves and the people it indicts.

Unfortunately due to the ongoing killings by Police and vigilantes claiming Stand Your Ground (Castle Doctrine) this list will continue to grow. Please keep in mind each victim is double and triple checked for accuracy, therefore it takes approximately 40-60 minutes to complete each bio, including editing, separating into 4 data bases and posting online to the appropriate page(s). This website is an extremely time consuming endeavor, yet a true labor of love, but often mentally overwhelming and occasionally must be set aside as I regroup. If you have a family member, friend or know of someone killed at the hands of Law Enforcement or Vigilante(s) please leave their name, age, state, date of death etc. by replying in the comment box; they will be given top priority on the next post and you will receive links to their location(s). Completed bio’s on this page have ** # and 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 behind the entry denoting the part/page where the bio can be found. Due to lack of space ((#)) signifies mental disorders, including but not limited to Suicide.

Victor Rogers 27, Lee Correctional Institution Bishopville No. Carolina March 17, 2015 – Rogers was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary in 2012 He had been complaining of chest pains but the guards either didn’t check on him or ignored his calls for help. Rogers was found unresponsive in his cell after receiving information that Rogers may have been dead for 24 hours before his body was removed by two inmates wearing masks. Rogers died in the custody of Lee Correctional Institution http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2015/03/18/family-concerned-investigation-greenville-mans-death-prison/24948897/

Salladin Barton 35, (Mentally ill Black Male) Broome County Jail Binghamton New York Jan. 15, 2015 – Barton, was awaiting trial. Jail employees harassed Barton, for being an African American, calling him racial slurs, beating him and denying him food. Barton suffered from a mental illness and had physical ailments which required medical treatment. Jail employees would place food near his cell, but out of reach, and then come by and throw it in the garbage. Other inmates, would share their food to keep him from starving. In addition to preventing Barton from eating corrections officers threatened Barton’s family and took off all his clothes – leaving him naked in his cell. The abuse agitated Barton’s mental illness, causing him to bang his head against cell bars and break out in seizures. Died in the custody of Broome County Jail http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Broome-County-jail-inmate-beaten-by-guards-lawsuit-says-297322091.html

Alvin Rios Jr. 41, (Hispanic Male) Broome County Jail Binghamton New York July 20, 2011 – Rios was arrested on a drug warrant July 19, 2011, by Broome County Sheriffs deputies. Rios sought medical attention for drug withdrawal, specifically from opiates. And although nurses were alerted to his condition, a staff doctor at the jail at the time never was. A corrections officer found Rios just after 4 p.m. face-down and shaking in his jail cell the following afternoon. It was just minutes after Rios was last seen asking for a newspaper. But the response from a former staff nurse contributed to his death. “The RN clearly left his patient in an emergent life threatening status without appropriate medical attention”. The nurse in question has since been fired for failing to follow both state and company policy. Died in the custody of Broome County Jail http://www.wbng.com/news/video/Report-Broome-Jail-Nurse-Failed-to-Alert-Doctors-175717521.html?m=y&smobile=y

David A. Kassick 59, Hummelstown Pennsylvania Feb. 2, 2015- Officer Lisa Joellen Mearkle had attempted to stop Kassick for an expired inspection sticker, but Kassick drove to his sister’s home and fled on foot. Officer Mearkle chased him and used her Taser, striking Kassick with the probes in his back, Kassick fell to the snow-covered ground and was lying face down when Mearkle ordered him to show his hands. Officer Mearkle continued to use the Taser while Kassick was on the ground, then shot him twice in the back. Mearkle told investigators she fired because she thought Kassick was reaching for a gun in his jacket. Police Officer Lisa Mearkle has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of the unarmed Kassick. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/03/video_from_taser_shows_unarmed.html

William Slusar San Diego California April 25, 1991 – Slusar’s father called 911on Sept. 11 requesting paramedic assistance for his son, who was under the influence of amphetamines “real bad off on drugs. . . . He just got violent.” Before police arrived Slusar hit his 65-year-old father on the forehead with a stick. Police claim Slusar threatened them with a stick, was shot three times and killed by San Diego officer Charles M. Rice Jr., one of four cops at the scene and shot three rounds from a 9-millimeter automatic pistol, hitting Slusar twice in the upper chest. Slusar died at the scene. At the time, Rice had been a cop fewer than five years and had been involved in a previous on-duty shooting. He had been found to have used unnecessary force three other times. District Attorney Edwin Miller ruled the shooting justifiable but said his decision was not “an endorsement of the actions of the officer involved.” “It seems exceedingly unfortunate that four officers were unable to disarm a man wielding a stick. Officer Charles M. Rice Jr. was cleared . http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-25/local/me-728_1_district-attorney

Ashley MacDonald 18, (Female) Huntington Beach California Sept. 7, 2006 – MacDonald had left her apartment carrying a pocket or cutter-like knife “acting strangely” following a fight with her mother. Police officers claim they repeatedly asked her to drop the knife and allege instead of dropping the knife she continued advancing toward the officers in a threatening manner when Police Officers Read Parker and Shawn Randell shot her 15 times, eight to her back.. A third officer present did not fire his weapon. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said the 120-pound woman threatened the cops with a knife with a four-inch blade. She was shot after getting within eight to 10 feet of the officers. Huntington Beach to pay parents $125,000 in wrongful death lawsuit. Murdered by Huntington Beach PD http://articles.hbindependent.com/2006-09-07/local/hbi-shooting07_1_police-officers-harry-potter-officers-shot

Errol Chang 34, (bi-polar and schizophrenic) San Jose California March 18, 2014 – His family called for help. “One of the officers Tased Errol, and he started to run towards the house passing an officer and I tackled him. The officers were pointing their guns and yelling at me to get off of him, and pulled me off.” rather than taking advantage of the opportunity to restrain Errol, the six police officers pulled Matt off him, allowing Errol to enter the house. . Once in the house, the situation escalated further. Learning that there was a rifle in the house, albeit taken apart and hidden in three locations, police called in the SWAT team. It is tempting to second-guess the wisdom of parking a tank full of armed SWAT members in full view of a man who just said “Obama was trying to assassinate” him, confirming his worst delusions. t the time Errol had his arms out the front window in the surrender position, seemingly contained, but the police didn’t want to risk Errol finding the rifle after darkness fell. Once the officers got into the home from the back, they discovered that Errol had constructed a barricade of “mattresses and furniture, which blocked the hallway from the front room where Mr. Chang was.” Errol’s father had told the officers that he had hidden the rifle in the bathroom, which was NOT behind the barricade. All they had to do at this point was search the bathroom for the rifle. If they had, they would have found that it was still there and that Errol was unarmed. Once Errol was known to be unarmed. But instead, the police chose to shoot flash-bang grenades into the living room—further agitating Errol—and tore down the barrier Errol had constructed, leaving themselves vulnerable to a frightened, psychotic, schizophrenic man with a knife. The outcome was inevitable. Errol tried to defend himself from this invading force, stabbing an officer in the arm, resulting in seven shots fired at him, killing him instantly. http://www.pacificariptide.com/pacifica_riptide/2014/06/opinion-da-report-on-errol-chang-shooting-tells-only-half-the-story.html

Mychael J. Lynch age Unknown Clark County Washington March 23, 2015 – Lynch was booked in the jail Friday evening on charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving and hit-and-run. Two days later Lynch was sent to the hospital following a medical emergency he suffered while being restrained. Two and a half hours later, “corrections deputies responded to an alarm initiated by Mr. Lynch in the medical unit”. The officers decided Lynch should be moved to another area, but he was uncooperative. They restrained him, and he suffered an undisclosed medical emergency, according to the sheriff’s office. Emergency medical responders transported him by ambulance to a local medical facility, where he was placed in intensive care. He died just before noon. Died in the custody of Clark County Sheriff Dept. http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2015/03/clark_county_jail_inmate_dies_1.html

Denzel Brown 21, Long Island New York March 22, 2015 – Officers responded to a 911 call about a larceny occurring at Best Buy. When the first officer arrived, a witness indicated to the officer where the suspect, identified as Denzel Brown, was hiding outside the store. As the officer approached, the suspect fled through the parking lot and the officer chased him on foot. The officer deployed a Taser, but it was ineffective. As Brown was running away, he attempted to open the doors of both moving and parked vehicles in the parking lot. He then attempted to steal a running car from a couple while two children, ages 4 and 6, were sitting in the back seat. The couple was screaming at Brown to stop as the officer caught up with him and ordered him out of the vehicle. However, Brown began to drive away and the officer fired one shot at him, opened the car door and attempted to remove Brown from the vehicle. During the struggle, the officer deployed the Taser, which again was not effective. The officer fired another gunshot, at which time, assisting officers arrived and took Brown into custody. Brown, of Amityville, was transported via Bay Shore-Brightwaters Ambulance to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where he died during surgery. Killed by NYPD https://www.longislandexchange.com/press-releases/suspect-dies-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-bay-shore/

Jesus Negron 39, (Hispanic Male) New Britton Connecticut July 11, 2006 – The medical examiner is still investigating the death of Jesus Negron, who died in July. He was shot with a Taser outside a South Street community center after fleeing from police and damaging a business and a vehicle. Tased to death by New Britton PD http://palmspringsbum.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=314

Miguel Serrano 35, (Hispanic Male) New Britton Connecticut Oct. 25, 2005 – Serrano died in New Britain after being subdued by Tasers. Miguel Serrano, who was high on cocaine and lunged at police, died in October. The state medical examiner’s office attributed Serrano’s death to both the drug and his altercation with police. Tased to death Tased to death by New Britton PD http://palmspringsbum.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=314

Jeffrey L. Jackson 47, (White Male) Whitley County Kentucky March 24, 2015 – 911 received a report of an out of control man in the road trying to flag down traffic. When officers arrived police claim Jackson was behaving strangely and jumped into a car with a young girl. Shortly thereafter, he jumped out on 92 East and was running and jumping onto hoods of cars passing by the scene. Officials say Jackson had injuries to his head and was hallucinating. When KSP and Whitley County deputies attempted to take him into custody, they say Jackson became combative. Once in custody, police say he stopped breathing. Officers attempted CPR until EMS arrived. Died in the custody of Whitley County Sheriff Dept. http://www.lex18.com/story/28601132/whitley-county-man-dies-during-struggle-with-police#.VRGvvx_8PcI.facebook

Christopher Ryan Healy 36, (White Male) East Portland Oregon March 22, 2015 – Two officers were dispatched after a 911 dispatchers got a report from a neighbor who claimed a man was committing a burglary. The 911 caller told dispatchers Healy was holding down the suspect. When police arrived they contacted Healy and as the officers approached Healy allegedly advanced toward them with a double-bladed knife, 10 inches long, in a weaving, figure-8 motion.
One of the officers, Thomas Clark fired two rounds, striking him although Healy remained on his feet. The other officer, Royce Curtiss re-holstered his weapon and deployed a Taser. Witness Tera Harris says her daughter is a close friend of Healy and says “the man left the house after getting out of the shower and was walking towards a vehicle to go sit in and wait for her daughter”. She disputes the neighbor’s claim Healy was committing a burglary and she never heard officers order Healy to put his hands up, but added that she was inside. Harris says she and her family moved into the apartment about two months ago. The man who made the report about a burglary also moved in that time, Harris says “she and the neighbor have had problems ever since. Once Healy was taken into custody, police called for paramedics who took him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Detectives learned the incident began as a neighborhood dispute over the weekend between the occupants of two residences. Both officers have been placed on standard paid-leave pending a review by the Multnomah County Grand Jury. Murdered by Portland PD http://koin.com/2015/03/22/ppb-officer-shoots-burglary-suspect-in-southeast-portland/

Walter Brown III 29, Portsmouth Virginia March 24, 2015 – Police were conducting surveillance at Southside Gardens apartments when a vehicle with two people inside caught officers’ attention. Officers tried to interview the car’s occupants at The passenger got out of the vehicle, but the driver refused and drove away, allegedly almost hitting a detective. Police followed the car to where the car pulled onto a lawn and the driver ran up to the front door of his house. An officer used a stun gun on the man, but it had no effect. The man and the officer began struggling as they moved inside. They went through a living room, down a hallway and into a bedroom. Two backup officers arrived. One of them used a stun gun, again with no effect. Allegedly Brown pulled out a handgun. One of the officers spotted it and yelled, “gun,” then tried to grab it and the man’s hand. Another officer fired his service weapon three to five times. It did not appear that the man fired a gun. Medics pronounced the man dead. Brown’s wife, Octavia was inside the house and had been ordered out of the room where police and Brown continued to fight. Then she heard shooting. She said police would not let her see her husband inside their home. He had gone out to pick up lunch before work. Why would they take him from us?” she asked. “Why would they take him from his kids?” She said police treated her husband like an animal. “He didn’t drink, he didn’t smoke, he was a family person,” “He did not have a weapon.” Murdered by Portsmouth PD http://hamptonroads.com/2015/03/portsmouth-police-shoot-and-kill-man-after-chase

Wayne Scott Creech 74, (White Male) Spokane Valley Washington Aug. 25, 2010 – Pastor Creach, had gone to check on why a car was in his parking lot of the Creach family’s nursery and greenhouse complex so late at night. Officer Hirzel was in uniform but driving an unmarked patrol car and had pulled into the nursery lot to watch for prowlers in the neighborhood. Officer Hirzel was writing up a collision report about 11:07 p.m. when he saw the shirtless Creach approach with a gun in his right hand and a flashlight in his left. Though no witnesses heard him, Officer Hirzel said he ordered Creach five or six times to drop the gun. He said Creach replied that he didn’t have to and instead put the .45-caliber, semi-automatic pistol in his back waistband. Hirzel said he ordered Creach to the ground, but the older man refused, and the deputy struck Creach in the leg with his baton using a backhand swing. Officer Hirzel said Creach then reached for his gun and Hirzel fired when he saw the butt of the weapon. Officer Hirzel shot Scott once in the chest and died shortly after. Right after the shooting, Hirzel was allowed to take a scheduled vacation to Montana and Las Vegas – a fact which wasn’t revealed to the public for several days, and prompted a public outcry. Nine days passed before detectives interviewed Hirzel about the shooting, and by then the deputy couldn’t recall several details about the fatal encounter, such as how close he was to the pastor when he shot him; how it happened that his patrol car’s spotlight was turned on and pointed in Pastor Creach’s direction; and whether his request for backup was made before or after the baton strike. Murdered by Officer Hirzel Creach PD http://www.spokesman.com/topics/creach-shooting/

Walter C. “Wally” Burks Hennepin Minnesota August 7, 2003 – Walter Burks burst into a convenience store sweating and asking for help. The store clerk told Burks he needed to leave. Burks ran behind the counter, and grabbed the clerk by the shoulder and again stated he needed help. Two customers jumped Burks and wrestled him to the ground while the clerk called the police. Burks started saying that his mother just died and that he was about to die too. When the police arrived, they went to the pinned-down Burks, and cuffed his left hand. The officer was trying to cuff Burks’ other hand. Burks did not cooperate with commands to take his right hand from underneath his torso to allow officers to cuff him. Officers then sprayed mace in his face. Officers finally cuffed him, and struggled with Burks, who was staying limp, out to the squad car. Burks refused to get into the squad car, so the officer tasered him twice. He was left unresponsive in the back of the squad car for a period of time before officers realized he was unresponsive. He died shortly after arriving at hospital. http://www.amnesty.be/doc/IMG/pdf/List_of_deaths_Taser.pdf

Carlos Manuel Perez Jr. 28, (Hispanic Male) Inmate High Desert State Prison Carson City Nevada November 12, 2014 – Perez was serving a sentence of 18-48 months at the High Desert State Prison. Perez and Arevalo were being housed separately in a disciplinary wing where inmates are handcuffed behind their backs when they are outside their cells. Perez was slain with his hands cuffed behind his back when Arevalo, another prisoner and Perez were allegedly fighting and a guard at High Desert State Prison opened fire shooting Perez in the back. Perez from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, neck, chest and arms. Murdered in the custody of Nevada DOC http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/inmate-death-raises-questions-transparency-accountability

William Taylor 32, (Black Male) Lorain Ohio Oct. 13, 2013 – Police say that Taylor shot and killed his girlfriend several minutes before breaking into the house of another woman, allegedly fleeing the scene. A man who lived in the house subdued Taylor and pinned him to the floor. According to the woman Taylor pleaded with the residents “please help me!” several times. When police arrived at the house they began to cuff Taylor and according to the resident tasered him while he lay prone. Taylor died after police tasered him while he was prone on the ground being handcuffed. Taylor then “passed out” and died at a nearby hospital a few hours later. Tasered to death by Lorain PD http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/10/15/circumstances-of-lorain-deaths-investigated/

Mercedes Demarco 36, (Hispanic Transgender) El Paso, Texas October 13, 2013 – At 4 a.m. police were called because someone was allegedly screaming outside a motel room in the Sunset Heights neighborhood. A witness Demarco, stage performer and transgender woman, was outside the motel office yelling for help. Police arrived and with no explanation or interaction with Demarco decided to arrest her. As many as five police officers attacked Demarco, tasered her, and put her in a squad car. Police say Demarco “became unresponsive” while being transported and she was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. Tased to death by El Paso PD http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/texas-drag-performers-tragic-death-poses-a-dilemma-for-this-reporter/

Abayomi “Alan” Afolabi 44, Florissant Missouri Oct. 23, 2013 – Florissant police went to the home after an earlier domestic disturbance call at his ex-wife’s house. St. Louis County police told media at the time that Afolabi brandished a gun at the officers, who opened fire. He was hit in the arm and the side but died of a self-inflicted shot to the head, HOWEVER it turns out Afolabi was seated in the driver’s seat of his vehicle and officers Joshua Smith and Andrew Gerwitz opened fire. Police Detectives Tom Lasater, Joe Percich, Patrick Hokamp and Chris Most searched Afolabi’s home without consent, probable cause or a warrant, and that they seized a gun case and bullets from the home. They obtained a consent to search from Afolabi’s girlfriend after the search, even though she had no ownership interest in the home. Originally Afolabi’s death was ruled a suicide he was actually killed by Florissant police. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-whose-death-was-ruled-a-suicide-was-actually-killed/article_a95cfc4a-9f96-5ab3-9f0c-00c105ad3569.html

Samuel Gonzales 44, (Hispanic Male) Tulare California Jan. 17, 2013 – Officers Vince Medina and Ryan Richmond responding to reports of suspected gang members loitering near La Palma Bakery didn’t find anybody in the area. The officers then went to an abandoned house officers knew suspected gang members frequented. When they announced their presence, the officers spotted Gonzales, who was running out of the home. The bakery’s store’s owner said Gonzales didn’t resemble the men loitering at his store that night. The officers used their flashlights to subdue Gonzales and Officer Richmond began fighting with Gonzales, who was then shot by Officer Medina. Murdered by Tulare PD http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/tulare/2015/03/26/tulare-police-officers-cleared-federal-civil-suit/70513436/

Reginald Williams Jr. 29, (Black Male) Cleveland, Ohio Oct. 5, 2013 – Eizelle Gardner said “He was at my house. There wasn’t an altercation. It was an issue amongst friends… I heard one of the police say ‘Look at this stupid m/f he’s about to die,” Police attempted to arrest Williams on kidnapping charges. Officers caught Williams after he was tangled up on a barbed-wire fence. During the arrest, Williams told police he was “exhausted and couldn’t stand up”. He was taken by ambulance to Marymount Hospital, where he died according to an eyewitness “they just kept tasing and tasing him until the taser quit”. A resident, Kimberly Hawthorne, said she witnessed police taser Williams multiple times after cornering him. Another Witness “They had him back there for about an hour”. Neither of the officers involved filed a use-of-force report, or made any mention of shocking Williams with their tasers in their reports. They mentioned no altercation or violence of any kind. Williams was taken to a local hospital following the arrest where he died several hours later. Police say they will not investigate further unless there is evidence from the medical examiner that a taser killed Williams. Tased to death by Cleveland PD http://www.19actionnews.com/story/23621638/man-dies-after-arrest-by-cleveland-police

Norman Oosterbroek 43, (White Male) Miami-Dade County Florida Sept. 2, 2013 – Oosterbroek. A former bodyguard for several celebrities, had allegedly entered the home of Christiane Jung where she found Oosterbroek naked. Markus Jung says he got into a verbal argument with Oosterbroek which turned into a physical fight, during which he says Ooserbroek ingested something. Police arrived on the scene, and claim they found the two men fighting. Allegedly “Oosterbroek became aggressive with the officers, who asked him to stop, and tried to take him into custody.” Police say he then “violently struggled” with them and was shocked with their tasers as a result. It is unclear what happened next, but soon after being tasered he was transported to an area hospital and pronounced dead. http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Celebrity-Bodyguard-Dies-After-Being-Shocked-with-Taser-by-Miami-Dade-Police-222242381.html)

Jamalis Hall 39, (Black Male) Ft. Pierce Florida March 27, 2015 – An Indian River County Deputy attempting to serve a search warrant on Hall who was wanted for attempted murder… Hall was lying on the floor and armed with a knife which he refused to drop when ordered to do so, the deputy shot him. He was transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to the sheriff. http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/officer-involved-shooting-in-fort-pierce

Gary Roell 59, (mentally ill White Male) Sycamore Ohio Aug. 13, 2013 – A woman called them saying her neighbor, Roell, was trying to break into her home. Police arrived and found Roell, shirtless, and said he “resisted” when deputies tried to arrest him and then allegedly punched one of them. Deputies say the three of them fought Roell for several minutes, tasering him at least once, before handcuffing him. A spokesman admitted that “within minutes” they discovered Roell was not breathing and attempted CPR to no avail. Roell’s son, Gary Roell Jr., said his father had suffered from mental illness for 30 years and had recently stopped taking his medication. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Tased to death by Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_east_cincinnati/sycamore_township/Police-Man-dies-after-Deputy-uses-taser-to-shock-him)

Jeffrey B. Lilly Jr. 22, (Black Male) Indianapolis, Indiana Aug. 8, 2013 – Undercover drug officers were called to Station Street where Lilly was the target of a drug investigation, Lilly took off running from officers when they tried to arrest him. Lilly fell to the ground after a short pursuit. Police claim Lilly “resisted” when officers tried to arrest him so they shocked him with tasers an indeterminate number of times. He “grew unresponsive” immediately after he was tasered and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. http://www.indystar.com/article/20130809/NEWS02/308090021/Suspect-who-died-Thursday-during-drug-investigation-had-background-arrests

Michael Angel Ruiz 44, (Mentally ill Hispanic Male) Phoenix Arizona Aug. 2, 2013 – Police allegedly responded to a call about a man on a roof and found Ruiz on the roof of his house. He may have had mental health issues, according to family and friends. They forced him down with their tasers, in direct contravention of their own department’s policy for not using tasers on people in danger of falling; he then jumped or fell from the roof to his outside stairway. Police were waiting, and once surrounded they placed Ruiz in a chokehold for several minutes while tasering him again. Multiple officers then dragged Ruiz down a long flight of concrete steps, and in video of the incident his head can be seen striking each step as they dragged him down. Ruiz died, was resuscitated at the scene, but was then declared brain dead at the hospital. His family took him off life support August 2, five days he died. Tased to death by Phoenix PD http://www.usaprepares.com/uncategorized/phoenix-az-cops-tase-choke-and-drag-man-to-death-phoenix-police-department-information-line-602-262-7626)

Anthony Damone Clark Reed (Black Male) 24, Detroit Michigan April 31, 2015 – Reed was pulled over by Detroit PD for illegally tinted windows on his Dodge Charger. He was placed in handcuffs and made to stand outside. Anthony suffered from asthma and his father tells us he believes his son would still be alive, if police had acted more quickly during his son’s asthma attack. Reed asked for an inhaler from his car, which they gave him, but he still couldn’t breathe. When he couldn’t breathe, police say they gave him CPR and called an ambulance, but he couldn’t be revived. His father questions that story and the immediacy with which officers acted. On top of all that, he says, “No one was at the hospital to tell us what happened and we didn’t hear back from police until the next morning.” Allowed to die in the custody of Detroit PD http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/family-demands-answers-after-24-year-old-dies-during-detroit-police-traffic-stop

Jeremy Anderson 36, Tampa Florida Mar 31, 2015 – Family members at the scene said Anderson a “high risk” warrant on a man for sex-related crimes when officers came knocking on their door looking for Anderson. They said he was hiding out at their house because he knew officers would be stopping by the home he shared with his girlfriend and 3-year-old son that evening. The owner of the home on Grass Lake Drive said he, his wife, his five kids and Anderson were getting ready to grill in the back yard when the officers arrived. He said his 12-year-old answered and was told to open up, or police would start shooting. He said his child listened, then police burst inside and within seconds of entering the backyard, at least a dozen shots were fired. The next thing he knew, he said Anderson was lying on the ground. Murdered by Tampa PD http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/28681687/fdle-suspect-shot-killed-during-arrest-in-tampa

Benjamin Quezada 21, (Mentally ill Hispanic Male) Baytown Texas March 31, 2015 – Police received a call shortly after midnight saying an armed man was wearing a camouflage jacket, standing in the intersection. The officer claimed the man was carrying a rifle in a low-ready position while walking in the street. Lt. Eric Freed said the officer ordered Quezada to drop the gun, which he claims appeared to be an AR-15. At that point the man turned, looked over his shoulder, and looking in officer’s direction, kept walking. Allegedly the officer ordered Quezada to drop the rifle twice more, Quezada turned and pointed it at the officer. “He was swinging around with a rifle, and the officer claimed he was in fear of his life and ordered Quezada to drop the gun because he feared the guy was going to engage him in a gun battle.” Quezada was killed by a shotgun blast Baytown PD and pronounced dead at the scene. http://www.click2houston.com/news/pd-man-with-pellet-gun-shot-dead-by-baytown-police-officer/32108156

Gregory Thomas Joseph Smith 39, Hobart Indiana March 30, 2015 – Smith was arrested on a domestic battery. Police claim while he was being moved from one portion of the jail to another because of alleged violent behavior, correctional officers began restraining him after he displayed more violent behavior. The officers used a dry stun on Smith as the officers tried to restrain him. Two nurses from the jail were called after the officers realized Smith needed medical attention. The nurses tried to treat Smith until he was taken to Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus in Merrillville where he later died. Tased to death by Crown Point Police Department. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart-man-dies-while-in-police-custody/article_8c40ecd0-25ee-537c-a247-168e9f79d438.html

Wayne Brunette 49, (White Male) Burlington Vermont Nov. 7, 2013 – Officer Cpl. Ethan Thibault and Officer Cpl. Brent Navari were responding to a call from Ruthine “Dolly” Brunette, who said her son was acting irrationally and destroying property at their home. The Officers claim “They were confronted by a man wielding a shovel, and the man was not listening to the demands and requests of the officers,” Officer Ethan Thibault fired at the man multiple times. He died a short time later at Fletcher Allen Health Care. Brunette was otherwise unarmed and it wasn’t clear if anyone was in immediate danger when officers opened fire. http://digital.vpr.net/post/burlington-police-fatally-shoot-suspect

Eric Courtney Harris 44, (Black Male) Tulsa Oklahoma April 2, 2015 – The Violent Crimes Task Force was in the parking lot making an undercover gun deal which was going according to plan until the suspect realized he was being arrested. When deputies tried to arrest Harris a fight broke out and they said Harris ran down the street. When deputies caught up with him in the southbound lanes the fight continued, and a reserve deputy shot him. http://www.newson6.com/story/28706756/tulsa-county-investigates-deputy-involved-shooting

Donald “Dontay” Ivy Jr. 39, (paranoid schizophrenic & coronary problem Black Male) Albany New York April 2, 2015 – On a quick trip to the store Officers on patrol came across Ivy. They say the man became “highly aggressive,” at which point a physical altercation took place with the officers. That’s when police say the Taser was deployed, but it seemed to have little or no effect on him, who eventually led police on a brief chase. When officers were able to apprehend Ivy, they placed him into custody. That’s when Ivy suffered a medical emergency and lost consciousness. Police officers administered CPR and called emergency medical services to the scene. The man was taken to Albany Med, where he was later pronounced dead. No weapons were found on Ivy. Tased to death by NYPD http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-dies-in-Albany-police-custody-6174540.php

Dainell Simmons 29, (Black Male) Middle Island New York July 24, 2013 – was living in a Long Island group home when staff requested that he be “transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for a psychiatric emergency,” because Simmons had allegedly become “uncontrollable” and “violent” after 9 p.m. Police arrived and Simmons, they say, “fought” with them and they used tasers and pepper spray on him. Police say that “during the struggle Simmons became unresponsive” and he was transported to a nearby hospital where he died shortly thereafter. Tased to death by NYPD http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island&id=9184322

Jason M. Nalls 40, (Mentally ill) Wenatchee, Washington July 23, 2013 – Deputies say that earlier, around 10 p.m., Nalls called them to his house for the second time that day. He reportedly locked himself in the bathroom and deputies either enticed him out—or broke the door down. Nalls requested that deputies take him to a hospital for mental health treatment. According to deputies he then fled his house. Deputies found him later around 1 a.m. Nalls allegedly got into a deputies patrol car when the deputy got out and drove off, allegedly dragging a deputy two blocks along with him. When he was forced to stop in a park the deputy shocked him with a taser and then handcuffed him. Within one minute of handcuffing him deputies “noticed” Nalls was not breathing. Paramedics attempted to save him but failed and he was reported dead at the scene. http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestnews/1350334-8/washington-man-dies-after-being-handcuffed

Pedro Rios Jr. 14, (Hispanic Male) Chicago Illinois July 4, 2014 – On July 4, 2014, as the final explosions of Chicago’s lakefront fireworks extravaganza trailed into the water and began fading in the night sky, 14-year-old Pedro Rios Jr. crossed Cicero Avenue in front of an approaching police car, on the northwest side of town. A brown-skinned boy just over 110 pounds, sporting a low fade haircut and the faint beginnings of a mustache, Rios walked in blue-and-white sneakers, shorts and a blue T-shirt – which soon bore the marks of two gunshots, fired into his back by a police officer. Rios was shot twice in the back and killed laying face down in an alley, where his body remained for two hours before being pronounced dead. The police account, however, offers a different scenario, in which Rios ran from officers, was shot and continued to run, pivoted, and ran back toward the officer who then tackled him. Official copy of the boy’s death record, certified by the Cook County medical examiner, states “suicide” under “manner of death.” http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29989-non-fatal-how-a-boy-s-deadly-shooting-by-chicago-police-uncovers-accountability-mechanisms-designed-to-fail

Robert Lee Jones 23, (Mentally ill) Oxnard California Aug. 24, 2001 – A concerned mother called 911 police in the hope that they would take him to a hospital for treatment because she was afraid her depressed son would harm himself Jones was cowering in a closet when police shot and killed him. Police claim Jones was shot when he refused to drop knife then retreated into a closet, then rose toward officers when they forced him out. The city later paid the family $1.5 million for the “mistake.” http://www.cagreens.org/ventura/VC%20Police%20Shootings.htm

Christopher A. Prevatt 38, Winchester Virginia April 3, 2015 – One witness says he heard the altercation from right across the street. “We were standing in the grass, a deputy sheriff’s car pulled up on the other side of the street there, and the deputy got out of the car, walked over to the front side of the trailer like it was nothing, like he lived there and he knew where he was going, and about a minute later, there was ‘pop, pop, pop, pop,'” said Michael Williams, a neighbor of the deceased. http://www.your4state.com/story/d/story/officer-involved-shooting-in-frederick-county-va/44206/kxs_nGb-a0avHXjp20EB1w

David Cody Lynch 33, Warner Oklahoma April 4, 2015 – Warner police responded to a traffic accident just after 1 a.m. near Highway 64 and 158th Street South. The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident assaulted an officer, OSBI reported. The officer used a Taser to subdue Lynch and handcuffed him. After Lynch was in handcuffs, an officer noticed he was not moving or breathing and was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Tased to death by Warner PD http://newsok.com/man-dies-after-being-hit-with-taser-during-arrest/article/5407471

Paul Anthony Anderson 31, Walnut Park California March 13, 2015 – The suspect broke into two occupied residences and stole property. The suspect and a female passenger had been sought for avoiding a traffic stop when they crashed their stolen vehicle in an alley and fled the scene and a foot chase began. Both suspects fled through yards in the neighborhood before the suspect was contacted. The shooting occurred when the suspect allegedly placed his hands in his waistband. No weapon was found. The female passenger in the vehicle was taken into custody. http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20150313/foot-pursuit-in-unincorporated-walnut-park-ends-in-fatal-deputy-involved-shooting

Gary Kendrick 56, (White Male Suicidal) Encinitas California March 27, 2015 – Two deputies went to investigate the call and a woman came out from the home to talk to them in a side yard. She told the deputies her husband was inside with a shotgun and was suicidal. While they were talking, a man came outside carrying a shotgun one of the deputies claimed he felt threatened and fired four rounds at the man. One stray round hit a home. The man with the shotgun did not fire his weapon. Neighbor “It happened right outside my patio. We heard two or three shots. That scared the hell out of us. We closed the door and got away from the windows. Then we heard more shots.” She said they called 911 and couldn’t get through, then they went upstairs to look out. That’s when they saw a deputy hiding behind a garage, pointing his pistol ahead of him. https://thecoastnews.com/blog/2015/03/officer-involved-shooting-in-encinitas/

Unidentified Male Aurora Colorado March 28, 2015…. 4:21 am 3480 S Galena St Aurora Colorado. Vehicle # 1 sped by, multiple gunshots, followed by Vehicle #2 crashing, rolled 5 times landed upside down and within a few seconds multiple police immediately on scene (must have been chasing vehicles). Vehicle # 2 driver begins to exit car. Multiple shots from police. Unidentified male died immediately. Not published anywhere but witnessed by KTHM on the way home from work.

Meagan Hockaday 24, (Black Female) Oxnard California March 28, 2015 – Oxnard police received a report of a domestic dispute at an apartment building. While an officer was talking to the man who made the call, a woman wielding a knife approached the pair. The officer shot the woman who later was pronounced dead at the scene. A knife was found near Hockaday’s body, but it’s unclear why lethal force was used on a mother with her children present in her own home. This officer has been involved in a previous shooting. http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/oxnard/oxnard-woman-killed-by-police-after-domestic-dispute-call_34372240

Jose de la Trinidad 36, (Hispanic Male) Compton California Nov. 10, 2012 – two sheriffs deputies pulled over a car being driven by de la Trinidad’s brother, Francisco, with de la Trinidad in the passenger seat, after they saw it speeding through Compton. According to the deputies, after the vehicle stopped they saw de la Trinidad’s brother pass him a gun before speeding away from the scene. When the car stopped again, according to the deputies, de la Trinidad got out and ran toward one of them, his hands in his waistband, prompting them to open fire. Prosecutors declined to file charges against the deputies involved despite a finding by the Los Angeles County coroner that de la Trinidad was struck by seven bullets, five times in the back. according to a witness at the scene, de la Trinidad, a father of two, had put his hands on his head to surrender to deputies before they opened fire. Los Angeles County Settles For $5.3 Million In Wrongful Shooting Death of de la Trinidad. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/08/jose-de-la-trinidad-5-million-lawsuit_n_7028888.html

Walter Scott 50, (Black Male) North Charleston South Carolina April 4, 2015 – Pulled over for a broken taillight Scott had a warrant out for his arrest, video shows. The three-minute clip starts out shaky, but it levels off as Slager and Scott appear to be grabbing at each other’s hands. as several objects fall to the ground. Scott starts running away. Wires, presumably from Slager’s Taser, stretch from Scott to the officer’s hands. With Scott more than 10 feet from Slager, the officer draws his pistol and fires seven times in rapid succession. After a brief pause, the officer fires one last time. Scott’s back bows, and he falls face first to the ground near a tree. After the gunfire, Slager glances at the person taking the video, then talks into his radio. The cameraman curses, and Slager yells at Scott “Put your hands behind your back” as sirens wail before he handcuffs Scott as another lawman runs to the scene. Officer Slager walks back to his taser, picks it up the walks back to Scott and drops it close by. Officer Slager reported Scott grabbed for the taser and felt threatened, but the damning video, filmed by witness Feidin Santana, told a much different story. Wires from a deployed stun gun can be seen streaming from Scott’s back as he makes a run for it. The video shows Slager take aim and fire off eight shots, the last one causing Scott to crumple and fall to the ground 30 feet away. The evidence of excessive force was so strong that Slager’s former attorney, David Aylor, dropped the killer cop as a client immediately after watching the clip. And Santana, who admitted he’s “scared” of being the lone eyewitness, says Scott “was trying to get away from the police officer.” GRAPHIC VIDEO http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html?_r=1

Zachary Cooke 18, Eureka California Jan. 4, 2008 – Cooke was shot in an abandoned house in Eureka after a string of robberies that included pepper spraying victims before stealing their money. The penalty for robbing people and assaulting them with pepper spray is not death, though it inspires more sympathy for his victims than the perpetrator. That said, the behavior of Officer Terry Liles who shot Cooke some 16 times while he lay under a sleeping bag is worrisome. Liles had already raised hackles for his shooting of 16 year-old Christopher Burgess in October 2006 and Eureka resident Cheri Lyn Moore in April 2006. Murdered by Officer Terry Liles https://humboldtherald.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/protest-to-honor-robber-killed-by-epd/

Christopher Burgess 16, Eureka California October 23, 2006 – Burgess and his girlfriend, Angel Omstead, were watching The Benchwarmers at a family friend’s home when county probation officers walked through the open door to apprehend him on a warrant. Burgess is alleged to have then pulled a hunting knife — 10 inches from handle to tip — on the officers. They Maced him but he still managed to back them out of the house at knife point before taking off on foot through neighbors’ yards and down into the gully. Probation officers called for back-up, saying they were in pursuit of a male subject with a knife — they didn’t mention his age or name. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy, who was picking up his/her child from school saw the commotion and joined the chase. Officer Liles arrived, located Burgess, yelled to him to give up and made his way into the steep ravine. Minutes later, Christopher Burgess was dying. The first bullet had gone through his heart and lodged in his spine. The second entered his hip and came to rest in his abdomen. Liles and other officers carried Burgess to the street. An ambulance brought him to the hospital, just blocks away. He was pronounced dead. Murdered by Officer Terry Liles who also murdered Cheri Lyn Moore and Zachary Cook http://www.northcoastjournal.com/110906/cover1109.html

Cheri Lyn Moore 48, (Mentally ill White Female) Eureka California April 2006 – On April 14, 2006, Moore was grieving the one-year anniversary of her son’s death when she began suffering a “mental health crisis. Eureka police soon arrived at her apartment, and a standoff began when she would not answer the door. The 48-year-old grandmother brandished a flare gun from her second-story window, threw clothes into the street and threatened to burn down the building, according to police. After two hours, Moore was seen putting the gun down, and officers stormed the apartment. Only the police know exactly what happened next since they were the only ones to emerge from the apartment alive. Moore was brought down by nine shots fired from a shotgun and an assault rifle after the officers said she pointed the flare gun at them. Ms. Moore died at the scene. Murdered by Officer Terry Liles who also murdered Christopher Burgess and Zachary Cook http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2484372&sid=555&fid=181

Richard Fredrick Tis Mil Estrada 17, Male Hoopa tribal member Eureka California Dec. 18, 2014 – Estrada crashed his car into a power pole. Officer Tim Gray arrived and spoke with the 17-year-old, as the two walked to the back of the patrol car, Estrada allegedly pulled a machete and swung it at Officer Gray. Officer Gray used his left hand to block the blow, thinking the weapon was a baton, and suffered major injuries to his hand, arm and face. He then fired his gun at Estrada, before locking himself inside his patrol car and called for backup. Another officer arrived within 10 minutes, and found Estrada lying on the ground near his crashed car naked. The officer tried to get Estrada to put his hands behind his back, but he refused. The officer used a stun gun to subdue him because he was acting erratic, and two passersby helped the officer handcuff Estrada. Emergency crews arrived and performed lifesaving efforts on Estrada; however, he succumbed to his injuries. Tased to death by Officer Tim Gray Eureka PD http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/taxonomy/term/77

Fernando Cruz 42, Newark New Jersey April 22, 2004 – Police Officer Anthony Brown in Newark, NJ. Witnesses said the undercover officers never identified themselves when they sped up to the Lexus in which Mr. Cruz was sitting and, witnesses said, it appeared Mr. Cruz did not know they were cops and he apparently thought he was being robbed. One of the officers opened the car door and attempted to grab the victim, who attempted to drive away when he was shot. Residents in the area said cops lied when they said Mr. Cruz dragged Brown’s partner, holding onto the door, 50 feet before he was shot. Murdered by Police Officer Anthony Brown Newark PD http://stolenlives.org/SL2007update.pdf

Christopher Dean Trivett 32, Caldwell North Carolina August 4, 2008 – At the time of the incident, Trivett was wanted in Person County for felonies. When Officer Joshua Scott Wiseman appeared on the scene, Trivett reportedly fled over a fence and across a pasture. Trivett did not obey the officer’s orders to stop but eventually slowed as Deputy Joshua S. Wiseman came close to him claiming Trivett refused orders to get on the ground and began reaching one hand into a backpack he was wearing, stating he was “not going.” Trivett allegedly refused to put the backpack down and show the officer his hands while pointing the backpack at Deputy Wiseman “as if he were holding a firearm inside”. Deputy Wiseman fired three shots from his service weapon at Trivett, which killed him instantly. No weapons of any kind were found on Trivett. An autopsy revealed Trivett had no alcohol, controlled substances or illegal drugs in his system during the incident. Deputy Joshua S. Wiseman was deemed justified in his actions when he fired upon and critically wounded Christopher Dean Trivett. Murdered by Deputy Joshua S. Wiseman Caldwell PD http://www.wral.com/orange-deputy-investigated-for-shooting-suspect/3326384/

Juan Correa Arroyo 23, Newark New Jersey April 8, 2004 – Mr. Arroyo was pulling away from a curb when a Union County sheriff claimed he and his partner were struck by a stolen car Arroyo was driving. Rather than attempting to shoot the tires to disable the vehicle and make an arrest, the sheriff chose to kill the young man. http://stolenlives.org/SL2007update.pdf

Brandon Tate-Brown 26, Philadelphia Pennsylvania Dec. 15, 2015 – Officers pulled Tate-Brown over because he was driving with just its daytime running lights. After Officer claims he spotted the butt of a handgun jammed between the console and driver’s seat, they ordered Tate-Brown out of the car and tried to arrest him. But Tate-Brown refused to be handcuffed and began fighting the officers, a struggle supposedly raged for several minutes. Tate-Brown allegedly broke free of police three times, finally lunging into his car’s open passenger-side door to reach for the gun. That’s when one officer shot him in the back of the head. Tate-Brown’s family says they saw a video than the one Williams showed to the media. They say the video they’ve seen shows Tate-Brown at the back of the car when he was shot, not reaching in through the open passenger door. “I saw my son nowhere near the right side and he never got to open the right side of that car door,” Tate-Brown’s mother Tanya Dickerson said. Murdered by Philadelphia PD http://6abc.com/news/officers-not-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-brandon-tate-brown/564691/

Michael Earl Lemon 57, Lake Isabella California April 8, 2015 – According to deputies, they responded to a disturbance about 6:30 Wednesday morning at the Lake Isabella Mobile Home and RV Resort. Two deputies approached the man and attempted to arrest him. They say the man fought with the deputies , but they were able to subdue him with less-than-lethal force and place him in handcuffs. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office originally claimed they used less than lethal force on Lemon while trying to get him in hand cuffs.They now say the two deputies used batons, tasers and pepper spray to control Lemon though its not clear which deputy used what. Deputies say an ambulance at the scene treated the man who began complaining of trouble breathing. The ambulance took the man to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Tased to death by The Kern County Sheriff Dept. http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/local/story/d/story/new-information-on-kcso-in-custody-death/94601/7E2fWPzCBUuffKL5CUoBXQ

Michael Ray Mitchell 22, (suicidal) Native American Male Tacoma Washington March 13, 1997 – Mitchells’ parents called the police because they were concerned that he was suicidal. The officer claimed Mitchell charged at him with a knife and he had no choice but to fire. Mr. Mitchell’s parents said their son was shot and killed after he walked toward the officer with his arms spread, saying, Shoot me, shoot me.” He was allegedly armed with a folding pocketknife. The shooting was ruled justified by police. Officer Fedderson had earlier killed Rot Nguyen on Jan. 29, 1993. Murdered by Tacoma PD http://www.policecrimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=196

Robert Cameron Redus 23 White Male San Antonio Texas Dec. 6, 2013 – Redus was pulled over around 2:30 a.m. for driving erratically. The officer claims that Redus resisted arrest, grabbed his police baton and began hitting him until he retrieved it Cpl. Christopher Carter, a University of Incarnate Word Police Officer Carter said he then drew his gun and warned Redus repeatedly to stop or be shot. He claims he opened fire only when Redus charged at him with arms raised. Carter fired six times, hitting Redus in the left eye, upper chest, left elbow, right hip and upper back. Autopsy results show Redus was shot 5 times at close range by Cpl. Carter’s Dash-cam mysteriously not working that night. Back. Left eye, left elbow, upper chest, right hip http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/UIW-cop-won-t-face-charges-in-fatal-shooting-of-6156694.php

Karl Eugene Walton 37, Lynden Washington March 18, 1999. – Police had been called because Mr. Walton had allegedly threatened someone at the farm. Walton was shot when he supposedly refused to get down on the ground and appeared to grab something at his waist. Blain was unarmed. Murdered by Lynden PD http://www.policecrimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=196

Michael R. Ealy 35, (Black Male) Seattle Washington December 28, 1998. – Ealy was attempting to stop cars asking for help and acting bizarrely near downtown Seattle. Police said they subdued him in the ambulance, but would not say how. Afterward he was unresponsive and died five hours later on Dec. 29, 1998 of a heart attack after struggling with ambulance personnel and police. Autopsy results, released on Jan. 14, 1999, did not determine an official cause of death, but stated that there was evidence of neck and chest compression and then went on to point to heart disease and cocaine intoxication as factors. An inquest found the killing justified on Mar. 31, 1999. Died in the care of Seattle PD http://www.policecrimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=196

Ashley Fallis 28, (White Female) Evans Colorado Jan. 1, 2012 – Former officer Tom and Ashley Fallis had hosted New Year’s Eve party at their house which 15-20 people. Tom Fallis had consumed a large amount of alcohol and became enraged when someone brought marijuana to the party Ashley told her husband she was going outside to “have a smoke” He became irate at the belief that she was going to smoke marijuana and threw everyone out of the house. According to witness testimony, neighbors overheard Fallis yelling at his wife, and her pleading with him to get off of her. This led to an argument between Tom Fallis and another woman which ultimately led to him storming into the master bedroom and slamming the door behind him. The argument between Tom and Ashley Fallis continued in their bedroom and during which Tom Fallis grabbed a handgun, held it to Ashley Fallis’ head and pulled the trigger. One neighbor said that he overheard the former officer confess to the killing, and one of the couple’s young children even gave eyewitness testimony to police, and stated her father had killed her mother. The 6-year-old little girl heartbreakingly told detectives that she saw “daddy getting the gun ready” and “saw daddy shoot mommy.” Despite all of this, plus the gunshot being in the back of her head, the detectives ruled it a suicide and allowed Officer Fallis to remain free. The family of his wife had witnessed the fight and knew the man’s history of violence and had pushed for years to have the case reopened ever since. Eventually, the case was reopened, and Fallis was arrested for second degree murder. A deputy admitted that he had overheard Fallis confess to killing his wife on the night of her death as he responded to the scene, and he never reported it to anyone. It was also reported that none of the four deputies who immediately responded to the shooting filed reports on their involvement. Murdered by former Offers Fallis of Evans PD http://thefreethoughtproject.com/bad-cop-kills-wife-catching-smoking-marijuana-good-cop-helps-cover/

Tama T. Ava 43, (Heart Condition) Samoan Male Federal Way Washington December 20, 1996 – Mr. Ava was killed by police restraint in Federal Way after a traffic stop of the van his wife was driving. Police decided to arrest Mr. Ava because he refused to talk to them. They do not allege that he broke any law. One witness testified that police gave each other high fives after Mr. Ava was subdued. An inquest ruled on Apr. 24, 1997 claims he wouldn’t have died if he didn’t struggle and didn’t have a heart condition, but officers contributed to Ava’s death by restraining him. The officers were not prosecuted. The victim’s wife had warned the police of her husbands heart condition while they were assaulting him. The family filed a $5.5 million Lawsuit. http://www.policecrimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=196

Clifford Glover 10, Black Male Jamaica New York April 28,1973 – Mr. Armstead woke 10 year old Clifford before dawn so they could be at the yard to move cranes into place for a delivery. They walked a few blocks when an unmarked car pulled alongside them. Mr. Armstead, carrying wages he had been paid the day before, said he and Clifford ran, afraid that they were going to be robbed. Hearing shots, he flagged down a patrol car, not realizing Clifford had been felled. Officer Shea testified he did not realize Clifford, who stood just five feet tall and weighed less than 100 pounds, was a child. After the shooting, prosecutors said, Officer Shea’s partner, Walter Scott, was recorded on a radio transmission saying, “Die, you little _____”. The officer claimed he fired when Clifford, in flight, pointed a gun at him, which the mortally injured boy had then managed to toss or hand to his stepfather. Chief Homicide Prosecutor Mr. Gaudelli said “Guys were trying to help Shea, and coming up with all kinds of stuff”. “Someone showed up with a starter’s pistol, but as soon as you pressed them on it, they folded. There was no gun.” Officer Shea became the first police officer in nearly 50 years to be charged with committing murder while on duty. “Shea says that the kid turned and appeared to have a gun,” Mr. Gaudelli said. “That’s what got him indicted: The ballistics made Shea a liar.” But not, apparently, a murderer, at least in the eyes of the jury of 11 white men and one black woman who found him not guilty. Afterward, many of the jurors joined Officer Shea and his lawyers at a restaurant to celebrate. They told reporters it was possible Mr. Shea had been telling the truth about seeing a gun. “The bullet entered his lower back and came out at the top of his chest. He was shot T-square in the back, with his body leaning forward. He was running away.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/nyregion/fired-at-queens-boy-fatal-1973-police-shot-still-reverberates.html?_r=1

Natasha McKenna 37 (Mentally ill Black Female) Fairfax Virginia Feb. 3, 2015 – Ms. McKenna was restrained with handcuffs behind her back, leg shackles and a mask when a sheriff’s deputy shocked her four times. McKenna initially cooperated with deputies, placed her hands through her cell door food slot and agreed to be handcuffed. But McKenna, whose deteriorating mental state had caused Fairfax to seek help for her, then began trying to fight her way out of the cuffs, repeatedly screaming, “You promised you wouldn’t hurt me! Six members of the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, dressed in white full-body biohazard suits and gas masks, arrived and placed a wildly struggling 130-pound McKenna into full restraints. When McKenna wouldn’t bend her knees in order to be placed into a wheeled restraint chair, a lieutenant delivered four 50,000-volt shocks from the Taser, enabling the other deputies to strap her into the chair. Within minutes of being shocked by the Taser, McKenna stopped breathing. The reports show that jail deputies were unable to revive her using CPR and that her heart was stopped for about 20 minutes before paramedics revived her in the ambulance en route to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Then her heart stopped three more times over the next hour before she was stabilized. The reports show that deputies quickly placed a defibrillator on McKenna, but three times the machine advised “Do Not Shock,” which it will do when a heart has completely stopped, experts said, because an electric shock will not restart the heart. Tsed to death by Fairfax PD http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fairfax-jail-inmate-who-died-was-fully-restrained-when-tasered-four-times/2015/04/11/ede0957c-decd-11e4-be40-566e2653afe5_story.html

David “Bones” Hebert 40, White Male Cincinnati Ohio April 18, 2011 – Hebert allegedly stole a sword from a friend and stabbed him with it. Police were called and, less than 15 minutes later, found Hebert, a woman and a leashed dog several blocks away. Herbert was allegedly intoxicated and had trouble standing. Police asked a seated Hebert where the knife was. He denied having one, then stood up and reached into his right front pants pockets. Police claim Herbert swiped a switchblade at officers and that’s why Officer Mitchell shot him. Police told him several times not to reach in his pockets, but Hebert pulled out what Deters called a butterfly knife with a six-inch blade “and stepped toward the officer.” One officer stepped back. Another, Mitchell, fired twice, hitting Hebert in the left arm and chest. As he was falling to the pavement, Hebert supposedly threw the knife, hitting and breaking the window of a nearby house. The four officers’ accounts are conflicting and highly subjective but on close examination contradict rather than support the official account. The knife was found 25 feet away http://www.friendsofbones.org/

Wilfredo Justiniano 41 (schizophrenic Hispanic Male) Boston Massachusetts June 2013 – Harrison’s mother called 911 to ask police for help in bringing him to a hospital for treatment. Police found him “who seemed to be distraught” by the side of the road. When a state trooper arrived at the scene on busy Route 28 in Quincy, he found exactly that: Wilfredo Justiniano shouting at the officer to go ahead and kill him.What happened next, according to a lawsuit police violated Justiniano’s civil rights and caused his wrongful death by excessive force. When chemical spray did not stop the agitated, unarmed man from advancing toward him, the state trooper shot and killed him. Colonel Timothy P. Alben, head of Massachusetts State Police, and Trooper Stephen Walker gave a statement after the shooting saying he tried to calm Justiniano down, assuring him he would not kill him. When Walker noticed a pen in Justiniano’s hand, he told him to drop it. Instead, the man moved toward him, saying, “You want it, you’re going to have to kill me.” Walker said Justiniano also threatened his life. According to his statement, he administered chemical spray twice; when Justiniano kept coming at him, he shot him twice, including once in the chest. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/13/family-sues-state-police-shooting-unarmed-man-with-mental-illness/0wznbkIQo6DPxp2DCNAeHJ/story.html#

Brandon Milton Hall 49 (mentally ill Black Male) Saginaw Michigan July 1, 2012 – Video shows six police officers, in firing squad fashion, execute mentally ill, Milton Hall, in broad daylight in a Saginaw parking lot. Hall was several meters away from the closest police officer when the shots began. He posed very little threat to the officers as he was armed with a small pocket knife and could have easily been brought down with a taser. Six Saginaw police officers fired 46 times at the 49-year-old Hall, striking him 14 times. Police claim Hall acted aggressively, according to then-Saginaw County Prosecutor Michael D. Thomas. After a thorough investigation, federal authorities have determined this tragic event does not present sufficient evidence of willful misconduct to lead to a federal criminal prosecution of the police officers involved. GRAPHIC VIDEO http://thefreethoughtproject.com/graphic-video-released-firing-squad-style-police-killing-mentally-ill-man/#tUapUczqFCpZkkVa.01

Brandon Jones 18 Black Male Cleveland OH March 19, 2015 – Police were responding to reports of a break-in at Parkwood Grocery store when Jones walked out carrying a bag. Officers tried to arrest him and a struggle ensued, leading an officer to fire his gun. No weapons were recovered at the scene and Cleveland city councilman Kevin Conwell said that community members believe the teenager was unarmed. Murdered by Cleveland PD http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/21/black-teen-shot-police-cleveland-protest-brandon-jones

Freddie Gray 27 Black Male Baltimore City Maryland April 17, 2015 – It is unclear why police were attempting to arrest Gray. They say he tried to run away, but a minute later, officers were able to catch and arrest him. Police say at 8:54 a.m., Gray was placed in a prisoner transport wagon bound for a police station but 30 minutes later, an ambulance was called for transport from the station house. While in police custody for committing no crime, for which they had no justification for making an arrest except that there was a black man running, his spine was virtually severed, 80 percent severed in the neck area, and he died of those injuries. Murdered by Baltimore PD http://www.wbal.com/article/114668/2/man-dies-one-week-after-being-rushed-to-hospital-after-arrest

Brandon Robinson 24 Black Male Cleveland Ohio Jan. 18, 2004 – Robinson sat in a car with a friend when Cleveland officers Timothy Clark and Arneil Rose pulled alongside. They were investigating suspected drug activity in the area. The officers approached the car with guns drawn and ordered the men out. They handcuffed Robinson’s friend and put him in the cruiser, but Robinson fled on foot while being handcuffed. Clark chased and tackled him. After a brief tussle, Clark subdued Robinson. Lying on his back, Robinson raised his hands in surrender. Officer Rose approached with his gun drawn. Clark stood and drew his gun as well. Robinson, with his hands above his head, attempted to stand but the officers shot him in the chest killing him . Robinson’s family received $95,000 in a settlement with the city in 2009. Murdered by Cleveland PD http://www.cleveland.com/forcing-change/index.ssf/2015/01/cleveland_police_officers_shoo.html

Ervin Leon Edwards 38 Black Male Inmate Baton Rouge Louisiana Nov. 26, 2013 – Police were questioning Edwards about an argument with his girlfriend and then began harassing him over his “sagging pants”. At the gas station where Edwards was arrested, Edwards girlfriend told the officer Edwards had a medical condition, and to please not tase him. Dragged into an isolation cell and surrounded by about half a dozen law enforcement officers, Edwards sometimes struggled with them. At other times, he appears to be lying still. At one point, while Edwards apparently resisted attempts by officers to restrain him, a Port Allen police officer shocked Edwards with a stun gun. Not long afterward, the inmate quit moving. The officers then slowly backed away from him and exited the cell. Except for a few peeks through a window of the cell’s door, about 10 minutes go by on the video before deputies and officers returned to the cell to check on him. Edwards, lying still on his stomach, doesn’t appear to move at all during that time frame. For corrections and use of force experts who reviewed the video footage, that 10-minute gap without checking on Edwards looks like a critical error. The video shows Officer McMullan keeping the stun gun pressed firmly against Edwards for nearly a minute and a half. Murdered by taser in the custody of Baton Rouge PD … GRAPHIC VIDEO http://theadvocate.com/news/12134862-123/video-raises-questions-about-inmates

Norman Cooper 33 San Antonio Texas April 19, 2015 – Cooper refused to leave the home, and put up a struggle when officers attempted to escort him out. He allegedly became aggressive and an officer used his Taser on him. “The individual came towards the officers. One of them deployed his Taser,” said Chief Anthony Trevino and the San Antonio Police Department. “The individual removed the probes and a second officer deployed his Taser.” At that point officers said the man collapsed and died. Tased to death by San Antonio PD http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2015/04/19/man-dies-in-police-custody0.html

Stephen Gene Davenport 40 Lauderdale FL April 21, 2015 – Deputies got a call about 3 a.m. that two men were fighting. He claims Davenport became violent when deputies tried to arrest him. Two more deputies were called in to help. “The individual was placed in restraints. The individual became unresponsive”. “Metro Ambulance was contacted, and Davenport was transported to a local hospital where treatment was rendered. But he passed away at a local hospital.” http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/Lauderdale-County-Man-Dies-after-Arrest-300851931.html

Eric Harris 44, Black Male Tulsa Oklahoma April 2, 2015 – Harris had been targeted in a sting operation over illegal weapons sales. He allegedly sold a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition to undercover investigators. In the one minute video, Harris, who is black, is seen running from police before gun shots are heard. He cries out, “He shot me, man. Oh, my god. I’m losing my breath.” “Fuck your breath. Shut the fuck up,” an officer shouts back in response. Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, who used to be a police officer, shouted “taser, taser,” before firing his gun at Eric Harris. I shot him,” Bates immediately exclaimed. “I’m sorry.” Harris was unarmed at the time of the shooting. He was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Bates has been charged with Manslaughter https://whatzenalotionbar.wordpress.com/eric-courtney-harris/?preview=true&preview_id=6700&preview_nonce=80eb2b5907

Christopher Lee Lucas 25 Inmate B/M Salt Lake City Utah Sept. 13, 2014 – death occurred last fall after corrections officers used pepper spray to break up a fight between Lucas and another inmate. The State Medical Examiner’s Office found that 25-year-old Christopher Lee Lucas died of cardiopulmonary arrest following a physical altercation and pepper spray exposure. The death was ruled a homicide. Utah Department of Corrections spokesperson Brooke Adams says officers deployed pepper spray after their verbal orders were ignored. Lucas collapsed as he was being walked out of the cell. Adams says he was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Died in the custody Utah DOC http://kuer.org/post/utah-prison-inmate-death-homicide-autopsy-finds

Christopher George 43 Mentally ill White Male Boulder CO Dec. 30, 2014 – A woman at the home called county dispatch at 8:35 a.m. and asked for help for her adult son, who had been in his room for several days. The woman reported to the sheriff’s office that he did not have access to weapons. Deputy Gary Robinson responded about 10 minutes later and they went to the room to speak with George who the deputy claims George “displayed” a gun while seated on his bed partially covered with blankets, reached behind his back. One deputy advanced in an attempt to gain control of George’s arm who deputies alledge produced a 9 mm handgun and pointed it at the deputy”. “Both deputies claim they saw the gun, heard the suspect manipulating the weapon and feared for their life. (Bussard) ultimately fired three times, striking the male twice in the torso, with the third round going into the bed. http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_24816685/boulder-county-officials-still-mum-identities-deputy-man

Tevin Barkley 22, (Black Male) Miami Florida April 15, 2015 – Officers who happened to be part of a neighborhood resource unit were on bike patrol when there was a call of shots fired. It’s unclear if the officers were responding to that call or if they happened to be in the area and were flagged down. But at least one officer arrived at the scene on a bicycle and had a confrontation with Barkley. An officer discharged his gun, fatally wounding Barkley. Police claim they found a Cobray M-11 assault-style weapon. http://www.local10.com/news/police-involved-shooting-nw-miami-dade/32391232

Thaddeus McCarroll 23 mentally ill Black Male Jennings Missouri April 18, 2015 – Jennings PD responded to a residence regarding an armed subject. Officers contacted the owner of the residence outside, who stated she wanted her son Thaddeus to be removed from her residence due to his abnormal behavior. She told officers on scene her son had locked her out of the house and was armed with a knife and was talking about going on a “journey” and a “mission” and mentioned a “black revolution.” Officers could see the subject through the front window of the residence, walking around the inside of the house with several knives and a Samurai sword. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to speak with McCarroll and have him come out of the residence. At 10:30 p.m., a supervisor on scene declared the situation to be an armed, barricaded subject, and requested assistance from the Tactical Operations Unit. The Tactical Operations Unit responded, took control of the scene, and began negotiations. After approximately one hour of negotiations, the man exited the residence armed with a knife in one hand, and a bible in the other. Tactical Officers on scene began giving loud, verbal commands to McCarroll, ordering him to drop the weapon. A tactical negotiator tried to establish a dialogue, continuing to ask him to put the knife down and come speak with them so they could resolve the situation in a peaceful manner. McCarroll started walking towards officers still armed with the knife. As he got closer, one of the tactical officers fired a less-lethal round at the man in an attempt to disarm him, but it had no effect. Witness account “After they shot that one bullet, they just started firing. That’s what they did to him. They didn’t warn him. They shot him with that rubber bullet, and not even two seconds after that they started to kill him.” McCarroll allegedly charged the officers at a full run with the knife still in hand. Fearing for their safety, two officers shot the man multiple times. A tactical medic immediately began life-saving measures, but McCarroll died at the scene. http://www.bnd.com/2015/04/18/3771371_one-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting.html?rh=1

Darrell Lawrence Brown 31 White Male Hagerstown MD April 17, 2015 – One call reporting a disturbance with screaming in the background came into the 911 center. Thursday and a second caller reported a man broke into her house. Two responding officers found a man in front of the home “in an aggressive stance” and he “appeared to be highly agitated. Two more officers and a supervisor arrived a short time later. Since officers believed the man was under the influence of drugs, police said they requested an ambulance. While they waited for the ambulance, police said the man didn’t comply with officers and remained aggressive. During the arrest, police said a stun gun was used and Brown was placed in handcuffs. Brown was conscious and uncooperative when he was placed in an ambulance, but “at some point” he suffered an unknown medical emergency. Brown was pronounced dead after midnight at Meritus Medical Center. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-hagerstown-custody-death-20150417-story.html

Joseph Weber 28 WM Sunnyvale CA April 8, 2015 – a 911 call about 11 a.m. reporting a robbery where a man took a pack of cigarettes at knifepoint from a clerk. Police radio recordings recount the officer reporting to dispatchers that the suspect was about 50 feet away from him and refusing to drop the knife. Moments later, the officers reported shots were fired and the suspect was down. Police claim there were in fear of their life even though Weber was 50 ft. away. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/04/14/armed-robbery-suspect-killed-by-sunnyvale-police-was-army-veteran/

Dondi Johnson Sr. 43 Baltimore MD Dec. 7, 2005 – Johnson had been arrested in November by Officers Sendy Ferdinand and Michael Riser on a charge that he urinated in public. Officer Nicole Leake testified she picked up Johnson in a police van. and transported him without a seat belt, with his hands cuffed behind his back. We gave him what we call a ‘rough ride,'” at high speed with hard cornering. “He was thrown from one seat into the opposite wall, and that’s how he broke his neck.” Johnson died from complications of a fractured spine on Dec. 7th. A $7.4 million judgment for the family, later reduced to the legal cap of $200,000 was awarded. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-26/news/bal-md.johnson26mar26_1_officers-johnson-seat-belt

Daniel I. Covarrubias 37 Hispanic Male Lakewood WA April 21, 2015 – Officers were called to a lumber yard reporting a suspicious person running through the parking lot carrying a hooded jacket as if he was running from police. The man jumped a fence into the lumber yard and climbed up 25 feet to hide in a pile of wood. Officers found him and told him to put his hands up, but he refused and reached into his pocket. Officers then opened fire and wounded the man. Officers got a ladder to climb up and reach the man and medics took him to St. Joseph’s Hospital in critical condition. He died later that night night. Detectives said they came to the conclusion Covarrubias was not running from police, but it’s still unclear why he was running. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-critically-wounded-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-Lakewood-300859491.html

James Patrick Ahern 41 White Male Bella Vista Arkansas April 10, 2010 – Following an alleged “police chase.” Benton County prosecutor Van Stone decided on the charge based on the dash-cam video and Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney explanation as to the events. Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney served 30 days in jail as part of a plea agreement. The judge deferred the conviction, and if Brackney fulfills the terms of his probation, the case will be dismissed. He was fired by the Bella Vista Police Department, where he worked at the time, but was given another chance by the city of Sulphur Springs, Ark. Two years ago, city officials hired him to run the police department, where he manages a force of four officers. http://operation-nation.com/?p=134

Rodolfo Velazquez 47 Hispanic Male Shafter California April 16, 2015 – Shafter Police say they got a call just before 12:30 p.m. Thursday of a man who was acting erratically, had a knife and may also be high on drugs. When officers got to the alley where the man was they alledge he turned towards officers and pulled a knife. They claim they commanded him to drop the knife but Velazquez kept coming towards them. That’s when three officers fired killing him. The officers involved were Sgt. Gustavo Olvera, Senior Officer Alecio Mora and Officer Anthony Erwin.http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/story/d/story/shafter-police-shoot-and-kill-person/31403/UrBo9kU9-UihGHCGqX9q9w

Hector Morejon 19 Long Beach CA April 23, 2015 – Officers were dispatched to a vacant residence to investigate a report of trespassing and vandalism. When the officers arrived, they allegedly looked through an open window and saw Hector Morejon standing inside the residence. “The officer claims to have observed Morejon turn towards him, while bending his knees, and extending his arm out as if pointing an object which the officer claimed he perceived was a gun,” At this point, an officer involved shooting occurred. The teen mother Lucia Morejon’s attorney says he was unarmed, directed the cries for help toward his mother when she saw him in an ambulance directly after the shooting. His final words to his mother came, the after police denied Lucia Morejon access to her son before the ambulance drove away. “He was reaching for her — reaching out to her for help. She identified herself as his mother, expecting to ride with him to the hospital, but they refused to let her in.” The chilling words — “Mommy, Mommy, please come, please come”. Morejon was in critical condition when he was admitted to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/28/hector-morejon-police-shooting_n_7165106.html

Earl Lee Johnson 24, Los Angeles California Oct. 18, 2014 – Johnson had been arrested in connection with a family dispute, was not convicted of any charges and had been expected to be released from jail within a few months.
On the day of the alleged attack, deputies “for no justified reason or lawful justification, physically assaulted and struck Johnson in the head multiple times to the point where he was unconscious … then in an effort to cover up the unprovoked and malicious attack, hung Johnson in his cell with a bed sheet. Of course the sheriff’s spokesman declined comment, saying he had not seen the complaint. The family commissioned a private autopsy, which found the cause of death to be “blunt force trauma to the head, not strangulation as written in the sheriff’s report.http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-deputies-fatally-beat-la-county-jail-30351038

Daniel “D-Boy” Brumley 25 W/M Ft. Worth Texas Jan. 17, 2015 – After Brumley dropped off a friend at her house. He allegedly rolled through a stop sign a block away while heading back to his mother’s house. Police said a canine officer patrolling with a police dog in the backseat saw the traffic violation and stopped Brumley. The officer collected his driver’s license, saw Brumley was wanted for warrants related to unpaid traffic tickets and child support, and removed Brumley from his car to take him into custody. The Officer claimed Brumley was armed with a knife and attacked the officer with violent and distinct lethal intent, stabbing the officer several times. The officer determined in a matter of seconds his life was in jeopardy and responded to that threat shoot Brumley. The officer claims to have sustained stab wounds and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. According to the autopsy,2 shots entered Brumley’s back. A third hit him in his side and traveled in a downward motion. And a shot to his head entered near the left temple and passed through the right jaw, indicating the shot was fired in a downward motion. Police officials admit the officer was behind Brumley when the suspect allegedly attacked him with a knife. http://www.fwweekly.com/2015/04/15/north-side-fwpd-at-odds/

Terry Lee Chatman 48 Houston Texas April 23, 2015 – Approximately 4am Chatman, riding a bicycle was struck and killed by Houston Police Officer R. Scott as speeding down the road without lights or sirens. According to Police “We know the officer’s squad car lights were not on and investigators are working to see if the bicyclist had any lights on his bike. Witnesses tell us the officer was traveling fast. HPD is looking into that as is standard in their investigations. Houston Police Department spokesperson Kese Smith said, “The officer had the green light. He didn’t see the bicyclist and as soon as he saw him he tried to avoid the cyclist unsuccessfully and struck the cyclist. The cyclist has been pronounced dead at the scene.” http://abc13.com/news/hpd-officer-hits-kills-bicyclist-in-southeast-houston/677753/

Joseph Slater 28 W/M Highland California April 15, 2015 – A deputy from the sheriff’s Highland station went to a gas station to investigate a report of a person damaging property and acting strange. Slater was detained by a deputy and it is alleged as the deputy attempted to place Slater in the backseat of his patrol vehicle, Slater became uncooperative and refused to sit inside. The deputy deployed his pepper spray, but Slater continued to resist and tried to push the deputy back. It’s unclear if Slater was handcuffed at this time. The deputy got Slater partially inside the squad car before he escaped. The unidentified deputy tackled Slater and “force was used to overcome his resistance”. More deputies arrived at the gas station, as did paramedics. In the backseat of a squad car, Slater experienced a “significant medical emergency. Paramedics attempted life-saving measures at the scene and took Slater to St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, where he was pronounced dead. http://www.sbsun.com/government-and-politics/20150415/highland-man-dies-after-deputies-pepper-spray-use-force-on-him

Justus “Lil Meachi” Howell 17 B/M Zion IL April 4, 2015 – Howell was fatally shot twice in the back by a Zion, Illinois, police officer, one of the bullets pierced Howell’s heart, spleen and liver, and the other struck his right shoulder. Authorities allege the teenager had stolen a handgun prior to the shooting and ran off with it when police responded to investigate. While authorities claim a handgun was recovered at the scene of the shooting, two witness interviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times said they never saw police recover a weapon on or near Howell’s body. “I didn’t see a gun, no knife, nothing,” witness Bobbie Vaughn told the newspaper. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/29/justus-howell_n_7172814.html

Jordan West-Morson 26 Detroit MI May 1, 2013 – West-Morson, a musician, had been selling CDs outside the Gulf Gas Station. Tyus was assisting his girlfriend with a flat tire when Robert Tyus, an off-duty Detroit transit officer who provided security for the People Mover began to argue with West-Morson. The argument escalated into a fist fight “During the fist fight it is alleged Tyus pushed West-Morson away causing him to stumble backwards and Tyus drew his gun and fired one shot killing West-Morson.” http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/09/detroit_transit_officer_charge.html

Keith Jason Martin 35 W/M Hondo TX Jan. 2. 2014 – Border Patrol agent Adam Garibay drove 160 miles to ‘murder Keith Jason Martin who was having an affair with Officer Garibay’s wife. Garibay discovered the affair online then brutally beat his wife. When she resisted, he restrained her with duct tape and handcuffs, forcing her to give them Martin’s address. He then took police on a high speed chase before being run off the road and Tazed into submission. Mr Garibay’s young son witnessed the abuse and ran to a neighbors for help while Garibay sped off leading police on a high speed chase before being run off the road and Tazed into submission. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533285/Border-Patrol-agent-main-suspect-murder-Texas-man-discovered-having-affair-wife.html

Hakeem Kuta 17 B/M Bronx NY April 4, 2015 – Bronx New York Officers had chased the teenager and other teenagers up the stairs after someone complained that they were smoking marijuana. The officers got to the roof, some teens jumped to another roof and ran away. But Kuta and his 14-year-old companion were pinned in by a dividing wall. Kuta then shuffled backward over a ledge and fell. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/04/hakeem-kuta-dies_n_7004828.html

Deomain Hayman 28 B/B Wilmington DE July 21, 2013 – Hayman allegedly sped away from police attempting a traffic stop, and police later caught up with him after he had allegedly abandoned his car. According to officers Hayman “became combative” when they tried to arrest him and two used their tasers, although police say only one struck the man. The six-foot, 380-pound Hayman was set upon by at least four police officers afterwards and was restrained with multiple pairs of handcuffs. Minutes later, according to police, Hayman “began having trouble breathing and appeared to be going into cardiac arrest.” Paramedics attempted to save him and took him to a hospital where he died shortly thereafter. Hayman died in an area hospital after a Wilmington police officer tasered him following a car and foot chase. (http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130723/NEWS01/307230040/Tasers-malfunctioned-before-suspect-died-Wilmington-police-say?nclick_check=1)

George Harvey 39 Augusta GA June 29, 2013 – Harvey’s fiancé Chiffon Pope said she and Harvey got into a verbal argument. Harvey then pulled the car over and flagged down a passing police car to help the couple defuse what Pope called a heated argument. “The police was trying to talk to him and he was like, whatever, and the police was really aggressive with him. The deputy then tasered Harvey. He tased him, he went down to the ground, another cop arrived to the scene. He was straddled on his back and they was putting him in handcuffs, and the other cop continued to tase him. They tased him multiple times. When they turned Harvey over she could clearly see he was dead.” Their children, three and 13-years-old, were in the car and witnessed their father’s death. Deputies did not even mention the use of a taser in their two-sentence report. The family says Harvey had no history of heart problems or other medical problems. (http://www.wrdw.com/news/crimeteam12/headlines/ONLY-ON-12–Witnesses-family-paint-different-picture-of-tasing-death-213905871.html)

Gregory Price 56 W/M Roseburg OR June 24, 2013 – Price had been arrested the day before on a reckless driving charge but was released at 2:14 pm after a judge found that officer’s lacked probable cause to charge him with a crime. Shortly after Price then allegedly jumped on several cars outside the courthouse. According to the sheriff’s department deputies responded and Price allegedly “refused to comply with officer’s commands” and they then tasered and pepper-sprayed him in response. Price stopped breathing immediately and died on the scene shortly thereafter. (http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/30069671-75/story.csp) (http://www.541radio.com/pages/16676081.php?)

Micah Anthony Key 24 B/M San Angelo, TX June 8, 2013 – San Angelo police tasered Key following a domestic disturbance call at his home. Officers claim they ordered Key to come out from the door way and he did not respond. Officers then claim they climbed stairs to Key’s apartment door and he became “aggressive”. Police tasered Key two times before handcuffing him; a short time later, they discovered Key was not breathing and called in paramedics from the fire department. Key died shortly thereafter outside his apartment. (http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2013/jun/12/peaceful-protest/) (http://conchovalleyhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=225912)

Jermaine Darden 34 Fort Worth, Texas May 17, 2013 – According to Darden’s mother, Donna Randall, Darden was asleep when police, acting on a “narcotics search warrant” kicked down the door to their home without knocking or announcing their presence. They threw Darden to the ground and while “subduing” him tasered him three times. Darden’s family said he was a “chronic asthmatic” who took medication and used a breathing machine to help his respiration; when police placed him on his stomach they say Darden could not breathe. His mother said she was attempting to explain this to police and that Darden tried to turn on his side when he was tasered multiple times. Paramedics attempted CPR on him some time later; he was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4f4_1368978864&comments=1) (http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/man-dies-after-being-tased-by-fort-worth-police/) (http://opnateye.com/?p=845)

Jayson Leon Carmickle 28 W/M Vernal, Utah April 30, 2013 – Vernal police say that they responded to a call about someone breaking into a car in a motel parking lot. After arriving they say a witness identified Carmickle as the man breaking into a pickup truck. Officers claim to have attempted to arrest Carmickle but “Verbal commands were issued to the suspect and he refused to comply… Attempts to physically restrain the suspect resulted in his resisting arrest and assaulting officers.” Carmickle was tasered by one officer then arrested and taken to Unitah County Jail. Police say Carmickle “continued to be combative” and was placed in a solitary holding cell. “Within minutes” they discovered Carmickle was “unresponsive” and called an ambulance. He died two days later after transport to University Hospital on May 2. (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=25075498) (http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579530/Vernal-man-dies-3-days-after-officer-deployed-a-Taser.html?pg=all)

Thomas Jeffery Sadler 45 Mentally ill W/M Raleigh, North Carolina April 10, 2013 – Sadler was allegedly wandering the street naked and police confronted him, whereupon they claim he “became physically aggressive” and they used a taser to “subdue” him. “After officers used the taser, Sadler collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene.” A next-door neighbor of Sadler’s, Sue Stevick said “Sadler was flailing around in the parking lot, cursing and buck-naked with nothing on.” http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/10/2816738/raleigh-police-say-man-died-after.html

Unidentified Male Los Angeles, California April 4, 2013—The man was allegedly involved in a collision and police say he “appeared to be drunk and was combative.” The police encountered and tasered the man. According to police he “started having health problems and was pronounced dead Friday around 1 a.m. at a local hospital.” Dr. Stephen Kishineff, an emergency room physician at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, said “Most people underestimate the danger of the device. The large burst of electricity from a taser generally doesn’t cause any serious problems in relatively healthy people. But drugs or underlying heart problems can turn a taser into a lethal weapon. It would probably be unusual for a young man without any underlying coronary disease who is not on cocaine or methamphetamine to die a Taser related death”. Los Angeles police refused to identify a man who died after police tasered him following a traffic accident. (http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9054887)

Khari Neville Illidge 25 Lee County, Alabama March 24, 2013 – A family called 911reporting that a nude man, later identified as Illidge, had entered their home and was behaving in an incoherent, irrational and threatening manner. Responding to the call, officers located Illidge near the home. A struggle ensued. Deputies say Illidge “was combative and deputies deployed a Taser device in an attempt to subdue him.” He then allegedly continued to fight with police and Phenix City police joined the fight, which police say lasted 10 minutes. Several minutes later, Illidge lost consciousness as the officers were placing him in leg restraints. Deputies attempted to perform CPR and a medical crew was summoned. But Illidge never regained consciousness. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Jack Hughston Illidge was unarmed during the incident. http://www.wrbl.com/story/21786552/suspect-dies-after-being-subdued-by-taser-in-lee-county; http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/03/25/2438192/naked-intruder-shot-with-taser.html

Bobby Madewell Jr. 51 W/M Gregg County TX March 21, 2013 – Madewell was arrested on March 12 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and bond forfeiture. Madewell was in a “separation cell” when he began “exhibiting erratic behavior,” and that when officers “interacted” with him he allegedly “began to resist and became extremely violent.” Allegedly *following policies and procedures*, officers used a taser and attempted to apply restraints to control him. Madewell immediately lost consciousness. He was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center by EMS, where he was pronounced dead (http://www.kcbd.com/story/21760223/investigation-launched-into-death-of-gregg-county-inmate)

Gregory Townes 24 B/M East Point GA April 11, 2014 – The incident began when Towns’ girlfriend called police to the townhouse where she lived with their son. She reported a domestic dispute. It has been acknowledged Townes was tased at minimum of 6 times. Weems pulled the trigger on his device four times for a total of 27 seconds and Eberhart activated his Taser at least 10 times for a total of 47 seconds. “They used their Tasers as a cattle prod placing the prongs of the device directly on the skin to deliver the charge. on the handcuffed Towns, including once while he was wet and sitting in a creek. There is a log on each device, however, that shows they were activated many times more. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/gbi-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-taser-sho/nfcYw/

Christopher J. Parker 33 (Diabetic) Spokane WA Feb. 24, 2013 – Police claim Parker called 911, saying he had ingested methamphetamine; after medics “cleared” him Parker was arrested on the dispatcher’s advisement of an outstanding warrant. At the jail Parker allegedly “became combative”, and he was tasered and then forced into a restraint chair. He quickly became unconscious and died in the booking area of Spokane County Jail. (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/26/officials-identify-inmate-who-died/)

John Paul Kaafi 33 W/M Sarasota FL May 7, 2015 – Sarasota Police first detained Kaafi during a traffic stop. After allegedly finding a small amount of drugs. On the way to the jail, Kaafi somehow managed, while handcuffed, to climb out of the window of the police car while it was stopped in traffic. custody. During his arrest, Kaafi reportedly resisted arrest and cited bouts of “medical distress,” including asthma. He was recaptured a short distance away after falling down and being repeatedly Tased by an officer. At one point, an ambulance was called for and then canceled when Kaafi appeared to recover. Eventually, police brought Kaafi to the jail, but he never made it inside to be booked. In the sally port, he complained of an asthma attack, and officers called an ambulance. Died in police custody. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150507/ARTICLE/150509754/2416/NEWS

Charles A. Baker Jr. 30 B/M Jamestown, NY Feb. 16, 2013 – Baker had been arrested at 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon and apparently spent all day in a holding cell without water and no working toilet. According to the witness Baker was increasingly upset over the lack of water and an officer shocked him with a taser as a result. He had “a medical event” and was transported to a local hospital sometime late at night or, early the following morning, where he was pronounced dead. http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130217/CITYANDREGION/130219255/1003

Steven B. Mackenzie 54 W/M Flint MI February 6, 2013 – Mackenzie arrested by Flint police and taken to the city. An hour after arriving the county sheriff’s department said that Mackenzie was seen trying to cover a security camera with toilet paper. An officer confronted Mackenzie and he “resisted” and was tasered. After he had been tasered, he complied with all orders. He as was then returned to his cell, where officer’s claim he began striking his head against the bars. Mackenzie was transported Hurley Medical Center where his head wounds were stitched up. Mackenzie was then taken to county jail and handcuffed to a bench, with officers reporting they checked on him every 15 minutes. Just after midnight on February 8 the sheriffs say Mackenzie was unresponsive. He died at the medical center 40 minutes later. (http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/02/genesee_county_sheriff_identif.html)

Marcus Dewayne Slade 32 ((#)) B/M Marshall TX Jan. 4, 2013 – Officers reported that they were called to a scene where Slade was walking down a public street naked. Local resident Vikie Hartsell said Slade was calling out “Kryptonite, kryptonite,” when police arrived. Officers arrested Slade on charges of “Disorderly Conduct, Assault on an Officer and Resisting Arrest” and was tasered in a fight which, according to officers, Slade started. Hartsell said Slade was tasered and collapsed to the pavement. Slade was taken to the nearby Harrison County Jail but soon afterwards an ambulance was called for him because he was “unresponsive.” He was “declared dead” soon after the ambulance arrived. (http://kpho.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/20510814/man-tazed-by-police-later-dies)

Andrew Layton 26 W/M Mankato MN January 1, 2013 – At 4:40 a.m. police found Layton unconscious at the entrance of a Hy-Vee, a chain of grocery stores. Police report that they arrested Layton, although the reason is unclear, and that once under arrest he “became combative and allegedly did not respond to officer’s repeated commands, and was tasered two times.” Officers called an ambulance to the scene and transported Layton to the jail. His heart stopped on the way to the jail and after being revived on the ambulance the vehicle was redirected to a local hospital. Layton died four days later on January 5. (http://mankatofreepress.com/local/x964871925/North-Mankato-man-tasered-by-police-before-death-Mankato-city-officials-say)

Nuwnah Laroche 34 B/M with Jason Champion 41 B/M Seacaucas NJ May 6, 2015 -The victims’ 2001 Cadillac Escalade broke down in the southbound lanes on the New Jersey Turnpike. They crossed the median and were struck in the left lane when a police car struck driven by officer Arsenio Pecora of Washington Township Police Department was on his way home from a nighttime training exercise in Fort Dix at the time of the accident. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/06/nj-turnpike-pedestrians-killed-police-car/

Jason Champion 41 B/M with Nuwnah Laroche 34 B/M Seacaucas NJ May 6, 2015 – The victims’ 2001 Cadillac Escalade broke down in the southbound lanes on the New Jersey Turnpike. They crossed the median and were struck in the left lane when a police car struck driven by officer Arsenio Pecora of Washington Township Police Department was on his way home from a nighttime training exercise in Fort Dix at the time of the accident. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/06/nj-turnpike-pedestrians-killed-police-car/

Billy Grimm 44 H/M Albuquerque NM May 3, 2015 – Destiny Cardenas said she was with her boyfriend, Billy Grimm, in a red car when it broke down. They went to get jumper cables to fire it up and came back in a black truck. When they returned, deputies were there. Someone had called in the red car as suspicious. “They were going to let us jump the car,” Cardenas said. “They were going to let us go.” That’s when she said deputies went over to Grimm. “He was sitting in the passenger’s side of the truck we came in. They were trying to force him out of the truck, grabbing him by the collar saying I gave them the wrong info on his I.D.” “From there, like immediately, it escalated.” “I saw the flash. I heard the bang. I saw the bullet holes in the window, the front windshield.” “By the time I realized it, I heard ‘bang, bang, bang’ and there were three to four shots fired off,” Cardenas said, who was standing outside the truck. She said it took two hours for an ambulance to show up. “When they did arrive on scene, he had a pulse,” a friend chimed in “He was alive.” Grimm died at UNM Hospital. http://krqe.com/2015/05/03/suspect-from-deputy-involved-shooting-dies/

Peter Lee Williams 51 (diabetic/coronary) B/M Bayonne NJ June 10, 2013 – Two girls had jumped Williams’ 16 yr. old daughter and a fight broke out in front of an apartment building. Williams appeared and approached the fight in an attempt to separate his daughter from the two girls attacking her. Multiple police cars arrived at the scene and parked in a row lining the entire block witness Mitchell said. A police officer then approached the fight which in the meantime had moved into the vestibule. The Officer asked what was going on. Witness Baker, who lives across the street, said a total of five people were in the Williams, Williams’ daughter and the two girls who were attacking Williams’ daughter. Without telling the people inside the vestibule to stop fighting or warning them he’d use pepper spray, the officer took out his pepper spray, “barged in” and sprayed everyone inside. Williams was in the middle of asking the officer why he had used pepper spray when he lost consciousness, fell backward and hit his head on the sidewalk. “Globs of blood” from Williams’ head injury pooled onto the ground. Officers at the scene did not immediately rush to his aid, only giving him chest compressions “maybe five minutes” after his collapse. At one point, while Williams was collapsed on the ground, Williams’ daughter, who was crying nearby, pleaded with an officer to call an ambulance, to which the officer responded “YOU call the ambulance!”http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/06/family_of_bayonne_man_who_died_after_police_broke_up_fight_outraged_blame_police_for_death.html

Helen Adams 46 Broward FL June 26, 2013 – Helen Adams and her boyfriend were walking eastbound in an area where lighting was minimal and no other vehicles were present as they crossed North Federal Highway while not using a crosswalk. Sheriff’s Cpl. Jeffrey Bates, 31, an 11-year-veteran, was behind the wheel and was NOT on his way to a call. Adams’ boyfriend claimed the deputy was speeding without a siren or emergency lights activated. John Adams told investigators he’d already crossed the southbound lanes when Helen Adams was struck. Although the woman was struck in front of a hospital, her injuries were life-threatening and required treatment at a trauma center, so she was taken to Broward Health North, nearly seven miles away in Deerfield Beach, the closest of the county’s three trauma centers, officials said. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-06-27/news/fl-deputy-crash-folo-20130627_1_broward-sheriff-bso-on-duty-deputy

David “Levi” Dehmann 33 (autistic) W/M Knox County Jail OH April 23, 2015 – Dehmann had been arrested by Mount Vernon police Cpl. Travis Tharp, who had been sent to the ball fields at Dan Emmett Elementary School after a call about a suspected drunken man who had fallen down by the restrooms. Officer Tharp arrested Dehmann on a charge of persistent disorderly conduct and took him to the Knox County Jail to be booked. Reports claim Dehmann was belligerent in the cruiser and also “became aggressive with the jail staff” after he arrived at the sheriff’s office and Dehmann tried to hit Deputy Chase Wright in the face, “causing Deputy Wright to place Mr. Dehmann into a takedown hold, taking him to the ground to get control of him.” “Once control was gained, it was found that Mr. Dehmann had hit his head on the floor during the incident. Dehmann was taken to Knox County Hospital and later transferred to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/04/27/Knox_County_jail_death.html

Donald Ray McCullough 58 Inmate Oakland CA Oct. 30, 2012 – McCullough was arrested on suspicion of burglary and became “uncooperative” in the jail’s in-take area. Officers tasered him and placed him in a “safety cell.” According to the jail spokesman “He resisted deputies’ efforts to control him, and a deputy used his Taser to subdue him.” The county says that McCullough was checked and cleared by medical staff after the incident but a subsequent check found him dead. He was transported to a local hospital where his death was confirmed. http://pleasanthill.patch.com/articles/inmate-who-died-at-county-jail-identified

David Kapuscinski 39 W/M Gibraltar MI April 16, 2015 – Kapuscinski was assaulting someone. Sources say he was the boyfriend of the victim, and he wasn’t listening to officers command. After being tasered, Chief Williams says Kapuscinski began to “exhibit a medical condition, where he was transported to Southshore Medical Hospital and later pronounced dead.” The chief said officers did everything they could before deploying the taser. Tased to death by Gilbralter PD http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wayne-county/man-dies-after-being-tased-by-gibraltar-police

D’Angelo Stallworth 28 B/M Jacksonville FL May 11, 2015 – Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer Steve Srozinski and Officer Troy Blum of the Civil Process Unit, were at the Planters Walk apartments to make sure an eviction notice posted earlier had been carried out. They went into the apartment in question with two maintenance workers and found it empty and clean but one of the officers noticed a man outside on a shared balcony. On each end of the shared balcony are laundry rooms and the laundry room for the neighboring apartment was open with a comforter on the floor outside the laundry room. One of the officers went out to question Stallworth, a father of three and a supervisor at UPS but he allegedly reached down, threw back the comforter, picked up a handgun and then drove it into the chest of the officer but didn’t fire. The officer yelled there was a gun, and the second officer came out to help. The officers claim they struggled with the man over the gun but he was able to break free and run down the stairs, but when he got toward the bottom of the steps, he turned back toward the officers. One officer fired twice and the other fired four times. It’s unclear which officer’s shot hit the man or how many times he was shot. He ran a few feet, collapsed and died.http://www.news4jax.com/news/jso-policeinvolved-shooting-on-blanding/32961112

Jeanetta Riley 35 Native Am/F and her unborn child Sandpoint ID April 3, 2015 – Jeanetta, a mother of three and pregnant with her fourth, was brought to the hospital by her husband because she had been threatening to kill herself. She had a history of mental health issues and the only threats reported were towards herself. After receiving calls of a pregnant woman holding a knife outside of Bronner General Hospital. Two body cameras and a third attached to a police dashboard leave no ambiguity over what happened when officers Michael Valenzuela, 27, and Garrett Johnson, 23, arrived in one car, and officer Skyler Ziegler, 29, in a second and within 15 seconds of assessing the situation, shot and killed the Jeanetta Riley and her unborn child. Footage starts shortly before police engage Jeanetta. As they approached her they drew their firearms, including one officer with an AR-15. Police then ordered her to “walk over here”, “show me your hands” and “drop the knife”. While you cannot see Jeanetta herself in the footage, you can hear her be uncooperative and loudly yell “No” and “bring it on!”. The next thing you see, with Jeanetta still out of the picture, is the cops back up and open fire on her. The police claim she advanced towards them, but you cannot see that in the footage. According to witness’ reports Jeanetta was at least 10 feet away from the officer and wielding a three and a half inch filet knife, even though Ziegler reported that the knife looked “huge in her hands”. Valenzuela, later told detectives he believed the woman was “absolutely gonna thrust at me”;http://www.copblock.org/125103/

Kevin T. Culp 29 B/M Inmate Benton County Jail WA Dec. 25, 2012 – Culp was tasered by corrections officers. Officers reported Culp was placed in an isolation cell due to an “unknown medical problem” on December 17. Officers report Culp later “became combative” and was shocked an unknown number of times with a taser, which according to officers “[had] little effect.” They then placed Culp in a “restraint chair” and, upon returning 15 minutes later, discovered Culp was “unresponsive.” He died eight days later at Kadlec Regional Medical Center. Culp is reported to have had a medical condition that made him prone to seizures and was imprisoned for an automobile crash wherein he struck and killed three people while having a seizure. (http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/Spokane-inmate-dies-after-being-tased-in-Benton-County/-/101214/17909226/-/ubi1rb/-/index.html)

George Morris 66 W/M Norman OK December 16, 2012 – Morris allegedly refused to heed orders from Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers to cease attempting to cross Interstate 35 on foot. Police say Morris was naked following a car crash. It is unclear whether Morris was injured or involved in the accident. Police say they were forced to taser Morris after he refused to stop attempting to cross the highway. He was transported to an area hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.http://newsok.com/naked-man-dies-after-being-shocked-with-taser-by-norman-police/article/3738324

Darryl Briston 49 B/M North Strabane PA Dec. 15, 2012 – Briston was in a casino when he encountered his estranged wife and her companion. Briston, a former police chief in Rankin, PA allegedly started a fight with the companion. Local police, casino security, and state police intervened in the altercation. Briston left the scene and police chased him and caught up with him after at least one-quarter mile. Police say Briston was uncooperative and had to be wrestled to the ground and tasered in the leg by a state police trooper. He was then placed under arrest. Within a few minutes of arrest he reported having trouble breathing, an ambulance was called. Briston went into cardiac arrest—he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Police say a total of 24 minutes elapsed between the use of the taser and Briston’s death. “When attempting to take the decedent into custody, he refused several commands to present his hands to be handcuffed and resisted attempts to restrain him. At this time, he was again directed to place his hands behind his back and warned that a Taser would be deployed if he failed to comply.” At this point, police said, a state police trooper used his Taser on Mr. Briston’s upper right leg once for two seconds. Mr. Briston then complied with the officer’s orders to place his hands behind his back and he was handcuffed, police said. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/man-dies-following-police-chase-that-involves-use-of-a-taser-666624/#ixzz2Qkmuimbf

Anthony Lawson 27 Norco CA Oct. 21, 2012 – Lawson was hogtied by Sheriff’s deputies in Norco and repeatedly shocked by a taser, according to the deceased man’s aunt. Around 20 deputies surrounded and restrained Lawson at 1:30 am, saying later he had attempted a robbery earlier that night. Family members say the deputies had Lawson on the ground, outnumbered 20 to 1, and he was screaming that police were hurting him. According to family his screaming stopped abruptly, apparently once police used a taser on him. Police claim the taser had little effect because of his size (6’5”). http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/10/21/corona-man-27-dies-after-hes-allegedly-restrained-and-shot-with-taser-by-sheriff/

Philip Coleman 38 B/M Chicago IL Dec. 13, 2012 – According to police, Coleman, a recent Masters Graduate from the University of Illinois, “went on a tirade.” According to police Coleman began by beating his 69-year-old mother. Friend and neighbor Dana Robinson reported Coleman began running in and out of Robinson’s garage, speaking nonsensically, smashing objects on the ground, and eventually injuring himself on a barbed wire fence. Police arrested Coleman shortly thereafter. The next day police say that as they were transporting Coleman to the courthouse he “became combative” and was tasered. Coleman was later transported to Roseland Community Hospital where he allegedly became aggressive towards officers and staff, and officers tasered him a second time. Coleman was dead just before 6 p.m. that evening. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-taser-death-coleman-20121215,0,5943125.story

Robert Wayne Maurina 46 W/M West Allis WI Nov. 28, 2012 – Maurina had gone to West Allis police station at around 4 a.m. to bail his girlfriend out of jail. Police suspected he was intoxicated and arrested him. After transporting him to a hospital to get blood draw Maurina allegedly fought with police and staff and was tasered so they could obtain his blood. Maurina was released just before noon on that same day. Maurina returned to his brother’s home, complaining about pain in his chest and ribs. He was found dead in his bed the next morning by his brother. http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/da-reviewing-death-of-west-allis-man-after-taser-incident-fb7udli-182445041.html

Ricky Hinkle 47 B/M Inmate Bessemer AL Sept. 13, 2014 – Hinkle had been an inmate at the jail since Monday for a parole violation. The agency said deputies decided to separate Hinkle from other inmates when he threatened other inmates and created a disruption during the lunchtime meal service. “While in the process of moving, the inmate threatened to harm himself. At that point it was determined the inmate should be placed in a cell that allowed twenty-four-hour monitoring to prevent any possible suicide attempt,” the agency said. “When they arrived at the cell the inmate became combative, refused to enter and began scuffling with one of the deputies. A second deputy deployed a Taser to bring the inmate under control. After engagement the inmate fell to the floor and became unresponsive. Hinkle was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/09/jefferson_county_inmate_dies_a.html

William “Big Bill” Elbert Anderson 71 Hartselle AL Nov. 5, 2014 – Hartselle officer, Lieutenant James Holladay on a routine patrol call was traveling south on Sparkman Street, north of Hickory Street, when he struck Anderson as he crossed the street in front of him. Anderson was taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital and then transferred to Huntsville Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. http://www.waff.com/story/27309862/man-dies-after-officer-involved-accident

Michael O’Connell 44 W/M Littlefield AZ Aug. 29, 2014 – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office deputies in the Littlefield area spotted a motorcycle traveling without a rear license plate. Deputies attempted to stop the rider, who then abandoned his vehicle and ran into the desert. Deputies found him in some brush and used a Taser twice after they said he became combative. O’Connell stopped breathing while being led in handcuffs to a patrol car. Despite paramedics’ efforts, the man died at the scene. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2014/09/01/dead-arizona-motorcyclist-had-felony-warrants/14926961/

Joshua Brandon Sznaider 27 W/M Palm Springs, CA Oct. 7, 2012 – Police were called after Sznaider was seen climbing a tree and running down a street. Sznaider allegedly obeyed police orders until they placed their hands on him to effect an arrest, when he allegedly resisted. Police say they tasered Sznaider once before three officers and a witness taking video wrestled him to the ground. Sznaider died six days after he was tackled, tased, pinned, choked and handcuffed as he allegedly fought with several police officers. Palm Springs pays $700K in chokehold death lawsuit. http://palmspringspoa.com/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=42&key=b637463042cde08b02988af7f60866e9

Scott Wininger 44 W/M Redding CA October 3, 2012 -Officers claim Wininger was shirtless and “sweating profusely;” therefore it was difficult to restrain him so they used their tasers to subdue him. Police ordered Wininiger to surrender to their authority and used their tasers as he was running/struggling with them and refusing to comply. Wininger stopped breathing immediately after being tasered and never regained consciousness. Wininger died in the hospital about 34 hours later, on October 5. (http://losgatos.patch.com/articles/los-gatos-man-dies-after-being-tasered-by-redding-police)

Timothy Dennis 43 Oklahoma City OK Sept. 23, 2012 – Dennis allegedly fired several shots “randomly” (though it is not claimed he was shooting at anyone). Police arrived and Dennis allegedly refused to comply with orders and fled. Police tasered him as he fled. After being tasered, officers noticed Dennis was having trouble breathing. Dennis was transported to an area hospital in critical condition. He remained on life support for three days until his death on September 26. http://www.news9.com/story/19656485/man-dies-in-hospital-after-being-tased-by-okc-police-officer

Bill C. Williams 59 Mentally Ill Snohomish County Jail Everett WA Sept. 15, 2012 – Williams, who had a documented history of mental illness, was in jail after being arrested on a shoplifting charge. Williams allegedly became uncooperative and violent once booked into the jail, and police say the tasers had “little effect” on him. He was forced into a cell alone after being tasered and apparently went into medical distress. Officers only noticed Williams was unwell after some indeterminate period of time and he was dead when they went into the cell and attempted to revive him. Williams was booked into the jail at 10:17 p.m. At 10:34 p.m., Williams was found in medical distress. Thus, less than half an hour passed between the tasering and the discovery that Williams was in medical distress. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120920/NEWS01/709209917#2-shocks-preceded-mans-death

Phillip A. McCue 28 Mentally Ill Bangor ME Sept. 12, 2012 – McCue had a history of mental illness and possibly drug use. He died in a hospital on September 17, five days after being tasered. He suffered a heart attack shortly after the tasering, and later had another heart attack, which directly preceded his death. McCue had no known heart problems prior to contact with police, who refused to release any information about the incident with McCue. http://bangordailynews.com/2012/09/20/news/bangor/state-investigating-death-of-bangor-man-in-police-custody/

Michael Rose 49 W/M paranoiac/hypertension Inmate Flagstaff AZ Oct. 2, 2014 – A Flagstaff Police Department officer brought Rose to the jail after he punched a police officer and tried to kick a medic during a 45-minute standoff at a local motel. He had called 911 asking for a ride to the hospital because he was not feeling well, and told medics he had a history of paranoia and hypertension, however the information was not relayed to the jail staff before his death. Rose’s hands are handcuffed and his ankles are restrained in a hobble device. According to the Flagstaff Police Department, an FPD officer used a Taser to deliver two brief “drive stuns” to Rose’s calf. FPD Deputy Chief Dan Musselman said Rose actively resisted officers and appeared to be alert until detention officers at the jail discovered he was not breathing . “There was at least 30 minutes between when the Taser was utilized and when they noticed he had stopped breathing,” The department has defended the Taser use against Rose as following all protocols. “I can’t breathe,” Rose says. “I can hardly stand.” The detention officers respond by repeatedly telling him to relax. Within seconds of beginning the pat down, Rose starts squirming. On the surveillance video, he appears to be squatting down and trying to squirm away from the officers who are holding his arms. Unable to keep him facing toward the wall, the detention officers lead him into a small intake cell. On the way, he is talking loudly and complains about being hurt. His pants fall down as he is walking into the cell. The detention officers continue to tell him to relax. In the cell, the officers tell Rose to get on his knees. He continues to squirm, so three detention officers lay him onto the floor on his stomach. less than 5 minutes after Rose was brought into the jail cell and placed on his stomach, officers see he is not breathing and has no pulse. Officers roll him over and begin CPR as the jail nurse arrives. Flagstaff Fire Department and Guardian Medical Center arrive minutes later. Jail, fire and medical personnel attempt life-saving measures for 40 minutes before pronouncing him dead. http://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/no-single-cause-in-jail-death/article_c3385bab-6e55-566f-b1e8-2e36cfe843d4.html

Francisco Galvez 49 H/M Tucson Nov. 1, 2014 – Galvez the bicyclist had a functioning headlight and taillight. Officer Alon Hackett was working a surveillance operation in the area of 1st Avenue and Navajo Road. He was driving a 2012 Nissan Pathfinder, which is an unmarked City of Tucson vehicle. Officer Hackett was traveling northbound on 1st Avenue in the curb lane. A bicyclist was riding eastbound across 1st Avenue in the area of Navajo Road. The bicyclist rode in front of Officer Hackett and was struck with the right front corner of the vehicle. The bicyclist was transported to University Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries several hours after his arrival. http://azbikelaw.org/blog/fatal-bicyclist-collision-with-tucson-pd/

Daniel Zamora 48 H/M Phoenix AZ Nov. 9, 2014 – Zamora called police numerous times and told dispatchers he was having some sort of medical problem. His statements weren’t making sense to the dispatchers who, at the time thought Zamora may have been hallucinating. While officers were still enroute to the scene, additional calls came from the neighborhood reporting a man causing a disturbance by blowing a car horn and screaming. Witnesses also told police the man threw a lawn ornament through a window of a home and damaged another resident’s property prior to police arriving. Police were trying to talk to Zamora when he took a swing at one of the officers. After a brief struggle, police got him in custody. Zamora stopped breathing a moment later and was taken to a local hospital where he died. Read more: http://www.kpho.com/story/27337253/man-dies-after-being-detained-for-disturbance#ixzz3aA6o4loD

Denis Reyes 40 H/M bipolar & schizophrenic Bronx NY May 15, 2015 – Family members said Reyes started acting strangely. “He started saying he wasn’t feeling well, then he went into the bathroom and pulled down the shower curtain,” Reyes’ brother Wilfredo Bracero. “He came out and threw a pot of beans on the stove onto the floor. He was knocking over lamps. He was throwing furniture.” Cops received a 911 call. Arriving officers handcuffed Reyes and, when he kept kicking at officers, used other cuffs on his ankles. When other cops arrived with a Velcro strap and wrapped it around his legs below the knees, the ankle cuffs were removed. With EMS on the scene, Reyes, who had never been arrested but had a history of psychological issues, was placed into a wheelchair, as paramedics were taking Reyes to the ambulance, he went into cardiac arrest. EMS performed CPR on him en route to St. Barnabas Hospital where he died. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx-man-died-custody-drinking-sources-article-1.2224115

James Brown 26 B/M Ft. Bliss Texas July 14, 2012 – Brown, 26, was an active-duty soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas, who had served two tours of combat duty in Iraq and had no previous criminal record. He self-reported to the El Paso County Jail in July 2012 to serve a short sentence for driving while intoxicated. “He should have been out in two days. He was upset that they are keeping him for seven. It didn’t look like he was being physical in the video. After being given an injection apparently intended to sedate him Brown’s kidneys and liver had shut down and that he was bleeding from the mouth, ears and nose within 45 minutes of the injection. When he stopped communicating with the jail guard outside his cell, a team of officers in riot gear were sent in. Brown was then pinned to the ground. Brown died shortly after at the hospital. The cause of death was “clearly suffocation,”Fanning said. “There was nothing natural about the cause of death. They used pepper spray, he pleaded for help, they refused medical assistance when they should have administered it.” In the video, Brown was heard repeatedly stating that he could not breathe. He claimed he was choking on his own blood. http://rt.com/op-edge/260221-james-brown-prison-murder/

Mike Chen 30 Seattle WA Sept. 10, 2012 – A two-day saga of Chen’s strange interactions with police which began with Chen allegedly tearing up a 7-11 store and being taken to a mental hospital; he then called police later that day from his apartment saying that people under his bed were trying to harm him. Early on September 10 Chen was allegedly banging on doors in his apartment complex and at least one resident called police in addition to Chen. Police reported that the found Chen unconscious, but with a sword in his hand. They report that they attempted to take the sword but that Chen woke up. According to police he refused orders to drop the sword and was tasered. He then allegedly tore the tasers prongs from his body and a second officer tasered him. He then “swung his fists at officers” and passed out after several more taser shocks. Chen was handcuffed and found to have no pulse. He was taken to a local hospital and declared dead. http://q13fox.com/2013/01/10/inquest-ordered-into-death-of-sword-wielding-man/

Alejandro Sanchez-Escoto 29 H/M Las Vegas NV Sept. 9, 2012 – Police confronted Sanchez-Escoto on the overpass as he traversed it on foot. He ran from them and the trooper chased him. The trooper fired his taser into Sanchez-Escoto’s back, with the barbs allegedly not making proper contact. Moments after the trooper fired his taser and at least partially stuck Sanchez-Escoto went over the side and died on impact. Police later searched the family’s home and confiscated several items belonging to the victim after his death. http://www.lvrj.com/news/man-who-died-in-fall-may-have-fled-because-he-was-in-country-illegally-169125226.html

Derek Dukes 43 Baton Rouge LA Aug. 24, 2012 – Police say they responded to a domestic violence call and witnessed Dukes physically attacking his wife through a window. They entered the house. They say they confronted Dukes and tasered him when he “took an aggressive stance.” According to the first officer to taser Dukes, the man removed the barbs and fought him until other officers arrived. A second officer tasered Dukes and eventually several officers fought him to the ground, according to police. Upon handcuffing Dukes police “discovered” that he was not breathing. He died shortly thereafter at an area hospital. A released toxicology report says Dukes’ death is due entirely to a legal dose of cocaine (5000 nanograms per milliliter of blood) combined with an abnormally enlarged heart creating a “terminal cardiac arrhythmia,” which police claim had nothing to do with the two taser shocks. (http://www.wbrz.com/videos/man-dies-after-stun-gun-incident/)

Denis Chabot 38 W/M Houston TX Aug. 1, 2012 – According to an unidentified motel manager Chabot become “agitated and paranoid” when visiting someone at the motel. A security guard called Houston PD. Two officers used their tasers after Chabot refused help from EMTs and allegedly acted aggressively towards the responding officers. Chabot was taken into custody and transported to the hospital where he subsequently died of a heart attack soon thereafter. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Man-s-death-on-North-Freeway-after-Taser-use-is-3835445.php

Sampson Castellane 29 H/M Fife WA July 5, 2012- Security personnel say they observed two men fighting through the room’s window and called police to the scene. Police say they knocked on the door and then were suddenly attacked by Castellane. They tasered him at least once and put him in handcuffs. He went into clear respiratory distress and was unresponsive to CPR. He was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. The officers involved were placed on paid leave. http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/07/05/man-dies-after-being-tased-at-emerald-queen-casino/

Harold McCord Jr. 36 B/M Monroe WA June 24, 2003 – McCord was wanted for escaping from custody brandishing a cardboard gun. McCord, who reportedly suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he died about two hours later. http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4096821.html

Unidentified Male age unknown Robeson County NC July 2012 – Sheriff’s deputies received a call about a man assaulting people at a store in Parkton. When officers arrived, they said the man attacked them and tried to steal a patrol car. Deputies say the man was shocked once with the stun gun (taser) but that he kept attacking officers, so he was shocked a second time. The man kept fighting with deputies for a short time, then collapsed. http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/10/2816738/raleigh-police-say-man-died-after.html

Macadam Mason 39 W/M Thetford VT June 20, 2012 – Officers responded to a call from a local hospital which Mason had earlier contacted and threatened to harm himself. Mason was suffering the after-effects of a seizure and was noncompliant with the state police. Police claim Mason refused orders to lie on the ground and made “threatening” movements. The trooper shocked Mason with the taser and Mason stopped breathing. Shortly afterward he was produced dead at a hospital. http://www.vtcommons.org/blog/taser-death-still-festers-vermont

Pamela McCarthy 35 W/F Munnsville NY June 13, 2012 – McCarthy, allegedly high on “bath salts” (a legal chemical relative of methamphetamine) stripped naked and began running around outside her home. Her boyfriend went outside to protect their 3-year-old son who neighbors say McCarthy violently attacked before police arrived. They attempted to subdue McCarthy but she was not compliant. They reported using pepper spray but it having no effect. Police tasered McCarthy and handcuffed her, she went into cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital where she later died. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159333/Bath-salts-mom-pictured-Pamela-McCarthy-35-dies-police-Taser-attacking-child-3.html

Randolph Bonvillian Jr. 41 Houma LA June 9, 2012 – An officer working a security detail at the store heard a man screaming shortly before midnight Saturday. The officer approached Bonvillian and a fight began, during which it’s claimed the officer’s arm was injured. The officer radioed for backup, and several officers were able to subdue him, police said. Two other officers were reported injured. Bonvillian died shortly after the struggle. http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120614/HURBLOG/120619811

Yong Xin Huang 16 A/M Sheepshead Bay NY March 25, 1995 – After a call was received by the switchboard of the 61st Precinct in Sheepshead Bay and relayed to 911. The caller, who lives in a house behind the driveway, said there were four male Asians, one armed with a gun. “He wouldn’t point the gun; it’s impossible,” said one sister, Jai Yi Huang, 23, a saleswoman. “He’s a very shy person. It’s impossible. His friends told me he put the gun down and they just shot him.” http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/25/nyregion/boy-16-with-pellet-gun-is-killed-by-officer.html

Stanley L. Downen 77 ((#)) Columbia Falls MT June 1, 2012 —Downen, a Korean War veteran with severely advanced Alzheimer’s disease, had wandered away from a veteran’s nursing home. Staff allegedly tried to bring Downen back but only escalated the situation, they called 911 and the police responded. When Downen still “refused to cooperate,” a police officer used a taser on him. He fell to the ground and hit his head. “An ambulance arrived … to find Stanley handcuffed and lying face down in the middle of the street” Nursing staff initially covered up the involvement of police, saying that Downen had fallen while running. He died in hospital on June 24, 2012. http://www.ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_32f249b7-0669-53fe-b61c-51beaea55c78.html

Alex Roman Quintanilla 22 H/M Barstow CA May 21, 2012 – Quintanilla jumped out of his girlfriend’s moving vehicle. When police came, Quintanilla threw rocks at the officers and ran across the freeway towards the open desert. Quintanilla bit one of the officer’s arms. The police tasered him, and he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead at the Barstow Community Hospital. http://www.copwatchie.org/?q=node/25

Gregory Rachel 42 W/M Mobile AL May 1, 2012 – Rachel allegedly tried to “resist arrest” for domestic violence. Police tasered him. He began to have medical problems soon after, so they rushed him to Providence Hospital, where he later died. One witness said “[The police] still couldn’t get him down. Then two other officers come up, they’ve got him in the ditch with batons, beating him with batons and kicking him, kicking him, and finally got him down. One of the officers sat on top of his back for a few minutes.” http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/domestic-dispute-death-investigated

Angel Hiraldo 48 H/M Meriden Ct April 21, 2012 – Hiraldo was breaking items in a household with a hammer. The police found Hiraldo on the porch of the house with a hammer in his hand. When, they say, the police asked Hiraldo to drop the hammer, he approached them in a threatening manner. An officer tasered Hiraldo. They took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead that night. http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/police-use-taser-on-man-armed-with-hammer-man-dies

La’Reko Williams 21 B/M Charlotte SC July 20, 2011 – During an altercation between Williams and his girlfriend at a light rail station. Williams, who stood about 5 feet, 6 inches and weighed about 145 pounds, was unarmed and presented no threat to the officer. Williams was shocked twice in the chest, suffered cardiac arrest and died within minutes. After a day and a half of deliberations, the jury in the civil case awarded the parents of La-Reko Williams $500,000. http://electronicvillage.blogspot.com/2012/12/taser-lawsuit-lareko-williams-charlotte.html

Valerie Ann Gulla Morrow”Goya” 40 H/F Philadelphia PA Dec. 12, 2014 – Officer Stephen Rozniakowski was so enraged when he found out his former girlfriend, Valerie Morrow, had bought a new car with her husband he phoned her 60 times and sent her 20 e-mails while she was at work. Even as Morrow applied for a protection-from-abuse order he continued to call. “I am fearful for my safety and my family’s safety,” she wrote in the application. That night, hours after he was served with the order, Officer Rozniakowski shot and killed Morrow and wounded her 15-year-old daughter.shot and killed by her police-officer ex-boyfriend. http://articles.philly.com/2015-04-17/news/61222515_1_valerie-morrow-stephen-rozniakowski-police-officer

Adam G. Padilla 34 H/M Albuquerque NM Dec. 17, 2014 – Padilla’s girlfriend told reporters the whole thing started when a deputy pulled the two over because the plates on the car were expired. “They were going to let us go with a warning, and at the last second the deputy said he wanted to talk to my boyfriend. Her boyfriend was outside with the deputy and within seconds, things got worse. “I see my boyfriend backing up, and then I see him jerking back being tased.” Beuerle boyfriend was still attached to the taser when the deputy shot him in less than a minute. She said he didn’t have a gun. Padilla was taken to the hospital and later died. http://www.koat.com/news/bernalillo-county-deputy-involved-in-shooting/30272672

Darryl Turner 17 B/M Charlotte-Mecklenberg NC March 20, 2008 – Turner is a cashier at the small grocery store and it is obvious he is very angry about something as he pushes over a merchandise display. Police are called, and Officer Jerry Dawson arrives and briskly enters the store, his hand already reaching for his Taser. Police claim Officer Dawson issued commands for the youth to stop. Turner continues to move around, walking past the officer, which is when the stun gun is fired, striking the boy directly in the chest. The teen is unarmed.At first, he shows no sign of being incapacitated. He continues walking away from Dawson. Then the teen collapses on the store’s carpet. Attempts to revive him are unsuccessful. Officer Jerry Dawson gets 5 Days Unpaid Suspension, no Criminal Charges filed. A $10 million lawsuit case was awarded to the family. http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/27/1698692-taser-death-of-17-yr-old-gets-officer-5-days-suspension-video-of-tasering

Phillip Pannell 16 B/M Teaneck NJ April 10, 1990 – Teaneck Police Department responded to a call from a resident complaining about a group of teenagers, one of whom was reported to have a gun. After an initial confrontation and a subsequent chase, Pannell was shot and killed by Officer Spath, a white Teaneck police officer. Spath said he thought Pannell had a gun and was turning to shoot him. Many witnesses and the autopsy report revealed Pannell was unarmed and had been shot in the back with his hands raised in the air. Officer Spath was later charged and acquitted on charges of manslaughter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Pannell_shooting_incident

Derrick Williams 22 B/M Milwaukee WI July 6, 2011 – Williams was arrested after running about a block and a half. He had been released from jail earlier in the day, where he had been held for unpaid tickets. Nothing in the jail records indicated any medical problem, and family members who’d had regular contact with Williams prior to his death didn’t see or hear anything that suggested any medical issues He pleaded with the Officers Jason Bleichwehl, Jeffrey Cline and Richard Ticcioni to roll down a window and call an ambulance but one unidentified officer replied, “Nope, you’re talking to me, you’re just playing games,” according to a transcript of the squad-car video. Williams died pleading for help from the back seat for nearly eight minutes and growing progressively weaker until he collapses on his side and dies after struggling to breathe in the back of a squad car. http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/medical-examiner-revises-suspects-death-ruling-to-homicide-kb6q9fe-170871001.html

Gustavus Rugley 21 B/M San Francisco CA June 29, 2004 – Gus had been under surveillance that day from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. He left the house twice on foot. The third time he left the house, his truck was not sitting in the front of the house. Rugley was watched by over 20 officers — there was the gang task force, homicide, special units and tactical units. Police were on a mission that day, and Gus was just a suspect. He was never once questioned, apprehended, asked to come to the station. He left twice that day, not one person ever tried to stop him. When Mr. Rugley was walking on the streets, before he got to his truck, not one officer tried to apprehend him and say, “You’re under arrest.” They baited him to get him into his truck. They were in unmarked cars — all the officers were in plain clothes. No lights, no sirens. Witness, Anna Catreras, said Mr. Rugley sat in his truck and an officer in a light blue sweatshirt walked up, opened up the back passenger door of Gus’ vehicle and proceeded to unload her gun. Officer shot Gus at point blank range, six in his head. Thirty-six bullets were retrieved from his body. No one on the police force has been indicted for his murder or even lost their job. http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/Gus-Rugley-SFPD-Execution9nov05.htm

Michael Ellerbe 12 B/M Uniontown PA Dec. 24, 2003 – Ellerbe was in a car which had been stolen during the night. The owner of the stolen car spotted it in the early afternoon and notified police. Police chased the car for about a mile before it crashed into a fence and tree. Michael then attempted to escape on foot. He was running between two houses when he was shot. Troopers Juan Curry and Samuel Nassan claimed that they shot Michael after one of the officer’s guns accidentally went off and the other officer thought that the boy had shot at them. The testimony of the police was directly contradicted by that of 10-year-old Melvin Duley who lives across the street from where Michael was shot and watched the chase and shooting from his window. He testified one officer fired all three shots at Michael. The jury found the two state troopers intentionally shot 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe in the back during a foot chase on Christmas Eve and awarded Michael’s father 28 Million in son’s death. http://old.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030112boyshotpartonereg2p2.asp

George Salgado 21 H/M Miami-Dade County FL April 13, 2012 – Salgado showed up at his next-door neighbor’s house, naked and sweating “with bulging eyes,” asking for marijuana or cocaine. He was greeted at the door by 70-year-old Israel Rodriguez, who was visiting the neighbor Salgado was reported to have been acting wildly, trying to bite people and rip off their clothes. Officers responded to the scene, found Salgado naked and incoherent, and tasered Salgado in an effort to subdue him. Salgado died hours after being taken into custody. http://miami.cbslocal.com/ 2012/04/17/west-miami-man-dies-in-police-custody-family-wants-answers/

Joe Faltesek 41 Houston TX April 13, 2012 – Faltesek was found being aggressive towards his family when officers were responding to a call about a drug overdose. Falesek punched a police officer and struggled with other officers, so an officer tasered him. He was rushed to East Houston Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/04/man-dies-after-hes-shocked-with-stun-gun/

Terry Price 41 B/M Osage County OK Feb. 21, 2015 – Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa said a man who was banned from the casino needed to be removed from the property. When deputies arrived, the suspect fled in a truck and the deputy pursued for a couple of miles before canceling the pursuit and returning to the casino. While deputies spoke with casino security, Price returned to the casino and fled from deputies on foot. They followed him to a nearby wooded area where he began to fight. During the altercation Price was Tasered. He was detained and placed in handcuffs when he collapsed. A deputy began to administer CPR while waiting on medical professionals to arrive. The suspect was transported to the OSU Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner lists the cause as sudden cardiac death associated with physical restraint in prone position with hands cuffed behind back, multiple electroshock weapon discharges, an enlarged heart and acute phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication.http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/man-dies-after-altercation-law-enforcement-osage-c/nkGTc/

Mohamed Bah 28 ((#)) Harlem NY Sept 25, 2012 – after his mother phoned 911. Hawa Bah claims she wanted an ambulance for her son because he seemed depressed. But the NYPD said the cab driver and Borough of Manhattan Community College student lunged at the cops with a knife before they gunned him down. “They kicked on his door, yelled and screamed at him, forced their way into his apartment, broke the door down, and tasered, bean-bagged and killed him”http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/family-retrain-cops-handle-mentally-ill-article-1.1465050

Michael Steven Ireland 31 W/M Springfield MO Feb. 19, 2015 – Robert Reed said Michael Ireland was helping him get his car started in the parking lot of a business at 1927 W. Division Street on Feb. 17. He said they had permission from the business owner to be on the property. Reed said he and Ireland were attempting to flag down drivers to help them start the car. Ireland and a friend caught the eye of a passer-by as they lingered in a Springfield parking lot. The passing driver called 911, suspecting something nefarious might be happening in the high-crime neighborhood. Police arrived. Ireland – who was wanted on municipal warrants and had no desire to go back to jail – walked away from the scene. Then ran. Police officer Andrew Bath chased him, caught him and Ireland one time in the chest, killing him. A single gunshot can then be heard on Walker’s dash camera. Ireland, died at the scene.http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2015/05/27/ireland-bath-police-shooting/27981435/

15 B/M Little Rock AR Aug. 12, 2012 – Officer Josh Hastings reported to Shadow Lake Apartments about a suspicious person. When he got there, he says he heard glass breaking and cars being broken into. The Officer claimer he saw three suspects get into a vehicle and speed towards him. He was trying to get out of the way of the car and, fearing for his life, fired into the vehicle, striking the driver, Moore. The family filed a federal lawsuit against Hastings, former police chief Stuart Thomas, and the city of Little Rock. “Before Hastings was hired as an officer, the City learned that he had attended a Ku Klux Klan meeting. At that time, an African-American LRPD lieutenant drafted a memo in opposition, calling Hastings’ association with the KKK “an abomination,” and identifying Hastings “an unfavorable candidate and a potential liability” to the LRPD. Nonetheless, Chief Thomas hired Hastings http://www.thv11.com/story/news/crime/2014/02/14/1718354/

Lorenzo Hayes 37 B/M Spokane WA May 13, 2013 – Officers arrested Hayes for violating a domestic violence no contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm. Hayes appeared to be high and told officers he was “drinking something.” While en route to jail, police claim Hayes began kicking on the back of the patrol car. Jail staff took him into the booking area while he was handcuffed. Police said Hayes was still uncooperative, so jail staff were preparing to place him in a restraint chair when he had a medical emergency. Hayes went into cardiac arrest during processing and died.http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/may/13/jail-inmate-dies-shortly-after-arrest/

Michael Carbone 46 H/M Tucson AZ March 18, 2012 – Carbone was involved in a domestic violence incident. He ran from police, and when the police caught him, they claim he started fighting with them. An officer tasered Carbone twice. Carbone lost consciousness at the scene where officers detained him, and he was pronounced dead at the hospital. http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/17185727/man

Mr. Niles (no 1st name available) Oklahoma City OK Oct. 5, 1997 – Police Sgt. Mary Rowland tried to stop Mr. Niles for a traffic violation. He allegedly sped away and Sgt. Rowland pursued. Mr. Niles crashed during the chase and died at the scene. Sgt. Rowland claimed that the victim’s car was a mile ahead of her and that she had lost sight of him at the time of the crash. http://revcom.us/a/1215/oct22call.htm

Justin Smith age unknown B/M Tulsa Ok Aug. 14, 1998 – While handcuffed in police custody, Justin was brutally beaten by several officers after being pursued by Tulsa (Okla.) sheriffs and police on a 30-minute high speed chase. Police came up on Justin while he was driving on a deserted road allegedly for having faulty bright lights on his car. Justin pulled over once he reached a residential area, then got out of the car and ran. Police beat him. A witness said that when Justin spit in his attackers face, the police beat him to death. Rather than call an ambulance to the scene where witnesses were present, officers transported his lifeless body to a nearby gas station, supposedly to buy gasoline en route to the jail. Emergency medical assistance was called to the gas station, but Justin could not be resuscitated. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The only official explanation for the large bruises on his body was for haandcuff injuries. No possible explanation was given for a dark bruise on his temple, where witnesses said he was kicked by police, or for other severe bruises on his neck, chest, and back. http://revcom.us/a/1215/oct22call.htm

Bin Christopher Williams 46 Natrona County W/M WY May 19, 2015 – Williams’ cell mate activated a call button in their cell in G-Pod to report he possibly was having a seizure. Deputies found Williams lying rigid on a bunk, and foaming at the mouth with his eyes rolled back in his head. Jails nurses also responded. Williams soon regained consciousness but seemed confused about where he was. He was told to go to the jail’s nursing facility to be examined and monitored. “Williams agreed, but declined to ride in the wheelchair provided by staff and instead decided to walk but he stumbled into chairs against a wall. When one deputy reached to help him, Williams fought back. Deputies grabbed his arms, and took him down to the floor to handcuff him. Williams allegedly continued to fight with deputies and an assistance, more deputies responded and were able to gain control. Williams ceased fighting and began to relax. Deputies claim to have recognized Williams was having a medical situation and began to render aid and called ambulance to emergency at Wyoming Medical Center’s “At the time Williams left the Natrona County Detention Center, he had a pulse and was resuscitated.” May 17, doctors declared Williams brain dead. Two days later, the decisions were made to remove him from life support. http://k2radio.com/inmate-fought-deputies-before-dying-affidavit-details-bin-williams-last-days/

Faras Morad 20 W/M Long Beach CA May 27, 2015 – According to friends Morad was having a bad reaction and dazed from the drugs fell through the window without his glasses. A responding police officer arrived to help him get medical attention. Morad was about 20 feet away from the officer and actually walking away when he was shotHowever, Morad continued to approach the officer, who perceived his actions as a threat, and after unsuccessfully trying to subdue him with a Taser and a baton, shot Morad . He was rushed a hospital where he was pronounced dead.http://laist.com/2015/05/31/feras_morad_shooting.php

Charles Edward Guffey 39 Tulsa Ok Oct. 1997 – Divorced father of two, had been in a Tulsa jail on a drug charge for only ten days when he died of a perforated ulcer. Nurses ignored his pleas for help concerning severe abdominal pain. During those ten days, Charles lost 23 pounds and often lay in his own vomit and diarrhea. Several times guards brought him to the medical unit, once on a stretcher because he was too weak to walk. On the evening before his death, inmates who shared Charles dorm complained that he had open sores and was vomiting and having bowel movements. Charles was moved to a private cell where he screamed, I’m dying, I’m dying. I can’t breathe. Guards called a nurse who sat outside Charles cell for five minutes. He had quit screaming so she never entered the cell. Five hours later, a guard found Charles body. Rigor mortis had already set in. Charges of manslaughter and preparing false evidence have been brought against a prison nurse and former nursing director. He was a person crying for his life and no one caring, said one of Charles dorm-mates. A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit linked to the 1997 death of Tulsa Jail inmate Charles Edward Guffey. The parties agreed to keep the amount of the settlement confidential, court documents show. Guffey, a 39-year-old defendant in a drug case, was found dead in his cell at the Adult Detention Center. He died of a perforated ulcer. http://revcom.us/a/1215/oct22call.htm

Nehemiah Fischer 35 W/M Tulsa OK May 29, 2015 – Highway Patrol responded to a stranded motorist call. One vehicle was trying to push another from a roadway amid fast-moving waters. The two drivers were Nehemiah Fischer and his brother, Brandon. Nehemiah was assistant pastor at Faith Bible Church in Tulsa. Oklahoma Highway Patrol claim the confrontation occurred after the troopers told them to leave the vehicle and come to safety on higher ground and the brothers became “really upset” about having to leave the vehicle in the water. The troopers claim the brothers attacked them, and they shot Nehemiah in self-defense. Nehemiah was pronounced dead at the scene. http://www.tulsaworld.com/communities/bixby/tulsa-man-fatally-shot-by-trooper-in-okmulgee-county/article_d5a84230-2fc9-53ea-9c13-44729843ba89.html

Richard Gregory Davis 50 B/M Rochester NY May 31, 2015 – Police responded to Tremont Street at about 9 a.m. Sunday upon receiving reports that Davis, driving a red pickup truck, had crashed into another vehicle and Calvary Spiritual Church, at the corner of Tremont and Morgan streets, then fled on foot. After police and firefighters arrived, Davis allegedly returned and, disobeying police orders, got back in his truck. He proceeded to crash into a street sign, a fence and a house, where he knocked over a gas meter. He then locked himself in the cab as officers shouted for him to come out with his hands up. Instead, Davis waited about five minutes, then came out charging at the police officers with fists clenched. One of the officers on the scene Tased him. Davis received medical attention at the scene nd was then taken by ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/05/31/police-holding-press-briefing-tremont-st-incident/28263079/

Gerald Coleman Tulsa Ok Oct. 20, 1997 – Coleman and two other teenagers had allegedly broken into a woman’s house to rob it. The woman called 911 and was hiding in her bedroom with a gun. She fired when the three teenagers supposedly pointed guns at her. The woman was uninjured. The teenagers fled the house and encountered Lawton Police Officer Gerald Nooner, who fired nine shots at them, killing Mr. Coleman and injuring one of his companions. Cops claim all three teenagers fired their guns. Police admitted that the fatal shots were probably fired by Officer Nooner, but Mr. Coleman’s two surviving companions were charged with first degree murder on the grounds that if someone is killed during commission of a felony, those responsible for the felony may be charged with murder. http://revcom.us/a/1215/oct22call.htm

Randy Smith Tulsa OK July 2, 1994 – Mr. Smith was not charged with a crime and was not under arrest. As he walked away from Tulsa Police Officer Buckspan, he was shot once in the back, then twice in the chest when he turned around. Then police let his body lay uncovered on the ground in the Ridgeview Apartment Complex in full view of many children for several hours. A member of Randy’s family said that police would not let them examine him at the scene and told family members to shut the fuck up and get the fuck out of here when they voiced concern for his welfare. One white female police officer at the scene equated Smith’s death with retribution for the killing of Officer Gus Spano a year earlier. Randy Smith had no connection with Officer Spano’s death. http://policecrimes.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=189

Kenneth Michael Trentadue 34 H/M Oklahoma Federal Prison August 21, 1995 – Kenneth was arrested for a minor parole violation and was expected to spend two days in jail. Federal prison guards placed him in a suicide proof cell. They sabotaged all the surveillance cameras. Then they beat him with a metal baton from head to foot, tasered him, tortured him, slit his throat, and stomped on him with boots. Kenneth suffered a smashed skull, boot marks on his face, tearing, and large cut marks on his throat. They cleaned up the blood and placed the body in a different cell which was clean of any blood. Then they claimed Kenneth had died of suicide. However, they refused to allow any medical staff or investigators to enter the jail. They tried to coerce Kenneth’s family to sign a permission form to allow the guards to cremate the body, which would destroy the body as evidence. The family refused. When the family received the body from the prison authorities, it was covered in wounds, cuts, and bruises, leading the family to believe Trentadue had been tortured and beaten before his death. Trentadue had sustained three heavy blows to the head, and his throat had been cut; prison authorities claimed the wounds were self-inflicted. When the body was finally examined, the guards could not explain how Kenneth could have received such injuries without the use of a taser, knife, boots, or the metal baton which crushed his skull. Nor could they explain how Kenneth could have torn a gash in his own throat with his bare hands after slicing his own throat. They could not explain the absence of blood in the cell where they claimed that the suicide took place. The clean-up job at the true murder scene was sloppy and small blood stains were found. The guards could not explain that either. No arrest was made, no charges filed, no punishment of any kind given. Attorney General Janet Reno has stonewalled attempts to investigate Kenneth’s murder. http://www.apfn.org/apfn/OKC_Trentadue.htm

Alec Ouzounian 40 ((#)) W/M Rancho Santa Margarita CA May 12, 2015 – Ouzounian had several self-inflicted stab wounds when deputies arrived to the home in an affluent neighborhood in the 00 block of Paseo Viento. Once inside, there was a confrontation, and Ouzounian was somehow shot. Details about what led to the confrontation and how many shots were fired are unclear. He died at Mission Hospital less than an hour after the incident. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/officials-662798-friday-suicidal.html

Ray Peters July 6, 1980 Oklahoma City OK- Mr. Peters and two other men were shot and killed while playing pool at a motel. Clifford Henry Bowen, a professional poker player with a history of burglary, was charged with the three murders and sentenced to death. Two years later, a lawyer for Mr. Bowen received information indicating that a South Carolina police lieutenant had committed the murders. The lieutenant’s physical description matched the killers. He was known to carry a .45 caliber automatic loaded with unusual silver tipped bullets (the weapon used in the murder), and Ray Peters ex-wife, who was now married to the lieutenant, had reportedly been slapped and threatened by her ex-husband. The lieutenant had been in Oklahoma on the day of the shooting and returned to South Carolina later that day. Prosecutors knew all this at the time of Mr. Bowen trial but concealed it. In response to Mr. Bowens well-supported alibi that he was at a rodeo 300 miles away a few hours before the murder, the prosecutor contended, with no evidence, that he had taken a private jet to get to Oklahoma City. Mr. Bowens conviction was thrown out by a federal appeals court after he had spent five years on death row. http://policecrimes.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=189

Jonathan McIntosh 35 W/M Cabot AR May 19, 2015 – Arkansas Community Correction officers were searching for a suspect at a home who was wanted in connection with another crime with five of our special response team officers. Inside the house that was surrounded were two people. One of those people was McIntosh, who identified himself as being on parole and didn’t have a record of violence was due to be off parole in July. However because he was on parole and because they were questioning everybody our officers searched McIntosh. During that search they found a small baggy of of white powdery stuff they thought to be drugs. As a result he was put in handcuffs behind his back. One of the Sheriff’s deputies took McIntosh and put him I the back of his police car. The officers went back to question him. Once they opened the door Officers claim McIntosh managed to get his hands in front of him. Highly suspicious he supposedly had a small pistol in his hands and began shooting at the officers. McIntosh was struck several times but he was still alive. One of the parole officers special response team members was a medic and he began life saving efforts until the ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital. McIntosh was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. http://www.katv.com/story/29110541/update-suspect-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting

Mr. (no 1st name available) Stuart 1992 Tulsa County Jail OK – Sheriffs claim that Mr. Stuart committed suicide in custody by shooting himself in the back of the head while his hands were cuffed behind his back. Given the impossibility of such a scenario, one can only conclude he was shot to death by the sheriffs. http://policecrimes.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=189

John Kaafi 33 W/M Sarasota FL May 7, 2015 – After Kaafi was arrested at a traffic stop, an ambulance was called when he complained of an asthma attack but it was then cancelled, police said. He was tasered and struck with a flashlight while trying to escape the police car transporting him. He was taken to hospital from jail after again complaining of an asthma attack http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150513/ARTICLE/150519870/2416

Daniel Lee Guerra 24 H/M Fort Worth TX Jan. 15, 2012 – Guerra was pulled over by police when they suspected he had been shooting a gun from his car. He led them in a car chase, but stopped and appeared to surrender, putting his hands on his hand and getting out of the car. However, according to police, he appeared to head back into his car suddenly, so two officers tasered him in shoot mode, and then when he allegedly “continued to resist” they tasered him in drive-stun mode again. He died two days later. http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Suspect-dies-after-being-Tasered-Fort-Worth-police-137450963.html

> 53 H/M Santa Ana CA Jan. 2, 2012 – Marin was, according to witnesses, trying to fight with children and adults involved in a church service. When officers arrived, he resisted arrest them. They used a taser to subdue him. He died at UCI Medical Center several days later during a mental-health evaluation. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/marin-334039-police-bertagna.html

Nuwnah Laroche 34 B/F Ridgefield NJ May 6, 2015 – Officer Pecora was driving a police vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike when he struck Jason Champion, 41, of Brooklyn, and Nuwnah Laroche. The pair were in the left lane after Champion’s 2001 Chevy Tahoe broke down on the southbound side by the police cruiser. Sgt. Arsenio Pecora, a 20-year veteran with the Washington Township Police Department in Bergen County, did not receive a field sobriety test.http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/05/wife_of_brooklyn_man_killed_in_turnpike_crash_invo.html

Willie Banks 52 Burnet TX Dec. 29, 2011 – Banks reportedly built a large fire near his front porch and was shouting. When contacted by two officers, Banks became confrontational and struck both officers. They used a taser to subdue him and transported him to Burnet County Jail. When they arrived, Banks was unresponsive, so he was taken to Seton Highland Lakes Hospital, where he later died. (http://www.kvue.com/news/Mans-death-in-police-custody-sparks-investigation-136463763.html)

Brendon Glenn 29 B/M Venice CA May 6, 2015 – Glenn was panhandling outside a bar in Venice when a customer complained that he was harassing customers. He wound up in a scuffle with a bouncer and two officers, one of whom shot and killed him. After viewing unreleased tape of the incident, LAPD police chief Charlie Beck said: ‘Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, it takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that. I have not seen those extraordinary circumstances. http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-venice-shooting-20150520-story.html

Robert Alan Frost 46 W/M Pulaski VA May 5, 2015 – An officer was conducting a routine patrol of a storage center parking lot when he approached Frost’s vehicle and saw him asleep with a firearm on his lap. When Frost awoke, the officer says he began shooting, prompting the officer to return fire. Frost’s family say he was a veteran of Desert Storm who had PTSD, and they believe he turned the gun on himself before the officer’s bullet struck. http://www.southwesttimes.com/2015/05/victim-may-have-wanted-police-to-shoot-him/

Michael Calvert 25 W/M Indianapolis IN Dec. 27, 2011 – Calvert, a Marion County jail inmate, was allegedly “violent and resistive,” assaulting deputies and a health care provider. A taser was used to subdue him for his trip to Wishard Hospital, where he later died. (http://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1631622)

Wayne Williams 27 B/M Houma LA Dec. 22, 2011 – Williams exchanged an item with a pedestrian from his vehicle in what police suspected was a drug deal. As the agents tried to detain him, they noticed he was trying to swallow something. An officer approached Williams and attempted to pull him out of the driver seat. After an unsuccessful attempt to pull him out of the driver’s side, the officer tasered Williams. After he was tasered, he began choking. He was taken to an emergency room, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. A police spokesman would not say how many times Williams was shocked with the taser. (http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111223/HURBLOG/111229843?Title=Suspect-dies-following-narcotics-stop)

Kevin Vance Norton 36 W/M Roosevelt UT May 3, 2015 – Norton was on probation and not allowed to carry a gun. He was approached by officers responding to a call about a man with a handgun acting erratically. Police said he fled to a nearby wooded area and was shot when negotiations and beanbag rounds failed to disarm him. Norton died from a shotgun wound to the back. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=34647694

Alexia Christian 25 B/F Atlanta GA April 30, 2015 – Atlanta police officers Jeffery Cook and Omar Thyme found Alexia Christian inside a stolen white F-150 pickup truck parked in a downtown Atlanta parking deck. According to the Atlanta police department, the two officers, detained Christian, put handcuffs on both her wrists, and placed her in their patrol car. Ms. Christian hands were handcuffed to the rear, at the time as they walked her down to the location and placed her in the rear of the patrol car. Supposedly she was able to remove one of her hands out of the handcuff. Christian alegedly pulled out a pistol and fired three bullets at the officers sitting in the front of the car. Officers Cook and Thyme, who the bullets narrowly missed, quickly exited the APD vehicle and shot at Christian a total of 10 times. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/08/fatal-police-shooting-atlanta-mother-triggers-transparency-concerns

Rudy Baca 36 H/M Valencia NM County June 4, 2015 – Baca’s mom, Irene, said she called the deputy because she was worried her son had been drinking. She says she was worried because he did not want to go back to jail. She says her son ran from the deputy, who deployed a Taser, and the two wrestled before Baca punched the deputy in the eye. That’s when she says things turned deadly. “I was standing there, and the cop pulls a gun out, and he tells Rudy, ‘Rudy, calm down,’ and he goes, ‘You’re not taking me … you’re not taking me back.’” It’s unclear how many shots were fired. http://www.koat.com/news/valencia-county-deputy-involved-in-shooting/33383626

Alesia Thomas 35 BF Los Angeles CA July 22, 2012 – Los Angeles police officer Mary O’Callaghan kicked Alesia 7 times in the groin, and jabbed her in the throat. Alesia had asked for an ambulance, but Officer Warner Carias, one of the first responding officers, testified that he thought Alesia was on drugs and faking medical distress. An ambulance was not called until 30 minutes later, after Alesia fell unconscious. The dashboard recording from a patrol car other than the one driven by O’Callaghan which captured O’Callaghan’s action, including her smoking a cigarette as she peeked inside the car at Alesia, who was handcuffed and legs tied with nylon hobble restraints. Thomas’ ‘eyes roll back and her body roll toward the driver’s seat’ before officers reported that she appeared unconscious. Thomas didn’t appear to be breathing when she was removed from the back seat. She arrived at the hospital in full cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead by a doctor there. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of assault under color of a authority. https://blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/los-angles-cop-mary-ocallaghan-found-guilty-of-felony-assault/

Kalief Browder 22 B/M ((#)) Rikers Island NY 2015- Arrested in the spring of 2010, at age sixteen, for a robbery he had not committed. Then he spent more than one thousand days on Rikers waiting for a trial that never happened. During that time, he endured about two years in solitary confinement, where he attempted to end his life several times. Once, in February, 2012, he ripped his bedsheet into strips, tied them together to create a noose, and tried to hang himself from the light fixture in his cell. His relatives recounted stories he’d told them about being starved and beaten by guards on Rikers. They spoke about his paranoia, about how he often suspected that the cops or some other authority figures were after him. His mother explained, the night before he told her, “Ma, I can’t take it anymore” Browder went into another bedroom, pulled out the air conditioner, and pushed himself out through the hole in the wall, feet first, with a cord wrapped around his neck. His mother was the only other person home at the time. After she heard a loud thumping noise upstairs, she went upstairs to investigate, but couldn’t figure out what had happened. It wasn’t until she went outside to the backyard and looked up that she realized that her youngest child had hanged himself. Kalief died as direct result of mental distress from Police misconduct. http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-2015

Donald J. Pinkerton-DeVito III 23 San Francisco CA June 5, 2015 – Pinkerton-DeVito , a bicyclist was killed after being struck by a San Francisco Police Department. Police claim “They were just driving regular, no lights or sirens, not going to a call, just regular, routine driving approaching this intersection”. Following the collision, the officers stopped and called for an ambulance, but the man was pronounced deceased at the scene.http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/06/05/bicyclist-fatally-struck-san-francisco-police-car-mclaren-park/

Rodney Mitchell 23 B/M Sarasota FL June 11, 2012 – Mitchell was shot and killed by two Sarasota County sheriff’s deputies during a traffic stop in June 2012. The two deputies involved in the shooting, Troy Sasse and Adam Shaw, said they feared for their lives when Mitchell began to drive off after he was stopped. They were later exonerated. According to the motion, a camera at the nearby Xpress Lube, could have captured some of the shooting, however it was impounded by Sheriff’s investigators and “did not appear to show the shooting although they seemed to show events before and after the shooting.” “At some point the time stamp goes from 9:23 to 9:24 and back again and then from 9:27 p.m. to 9:23 p.m. and back again. The video from the same camera was printed as 15,497 still frames. “Checking sections at random, 12 frames from frame 7665 to frame 7676 were the exact same frame repeated 12 times. Other irregularities seem apparent. The video appears to have been altered.”http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150604/ARTICLE/150609863?Title=Mitchell-family-claims-video-tampering-in-2012-fatal-shooting

Vincent Wood 66 B/M ((#)) Albuquerque NM July 2013 – Wood a mentally ill Vietnam veteran APD had interacted with Wood numerous times and had documented his mental illness. Officers responded to a shopping center. when a security guard there called to report that Wood was threatening two kids with two “big ol’ butcher knives.” Two officers responded quickly to the scene, in addition to an officer who is part of the APD Crisis Intervention Team. Officers found Wood, armed with the knives, in a nearby Circle K gas station parking lot. Wood approached rookie APD officer Jeff Bludworth, Schultz said, and continued trying to stab him until Bludworth and fellow officer Katherine Wright shot and killed him. About a minute passed from the time Bludworth arrived in the parking lot and when Wood was shot, Schultz said. Considering that a Crisis Intervention officer was arriving just as Wood was shot, Allen, Wood’s brother, questioned why police didn’t wait a moment or two longer to allow that officer to try and talk Wood down. Officers opened fire on Vincent Wood nine times with as many as six of the bullets going through the back of his body. Woods suffered gunshot wounds to his upper right chest, lower left chest, left stomach, penis, lower back, left buttock and upper left arm, in addition to two to his left forearm. http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3818424.shtml#.VXXr6s9VhHz

Marty Atencio 44 H/M Phoenix AZ Dec. 16, 2011 – While in jail, Atencio was pacing and acting erratically, according to police officers, so they handcuffed him to a chair. After he crossed his arms, several officers surrounded him, put him in a choke hold, and repeatedly tasered him. He was then thrown, naked, into an isolation cell, where for ten minutes he did not move. Medical personnel then came in. He was taken to a hospital and put on life support. He died several days later after his family pulled the plug on his life support. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZem2lknSSI)

Roger Anthony 61 B/M Scotland Neck NC Nov. 22, 2011 – Anthony fell off his bicycle in the parking lot of a bank. A caller dialed 911 to report that Anthony appeared drunk and may have injured himself. When Police Officer John Turner arrived, Anthony was back on his bicycle. Turner put on his sirens and lights and yelled for Anthony to stop, but he continued to ride away. Officer Turner then used a stun gun on him, causing him to fall off of his bike. He was transported to Pitt County Memorial Hospital, where he was declared brain dead, taken off life support, and died. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57330721/n.c-probes-death-of-bicyclist-tased-by-police/

Jonathan White 29 B/M ((#)) San Bernardino CA Nov. 15, 2011 – According to his mother, White had been called because White, who had schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was yelling, throwing things, and ripping his clothes off. White was tasered twice after officers claim he was resisting them. Paramedics evaluated him after he had been subdued, but he stopped breathing midway through the evaluation. He was rushed to the hospital where he died just an hour after his mother had called police. http://laist.com/2011/11/16/san_bernardino_man_dies_after_polic.php